Hey folks.

I'm a recent Volvo owner, and I've inherited the car from someone who took great care of her. Gauge stopped at 270,000 miles, but it's somewhere around there.

The only problem it had was that the heat was constantly on/AC broken. The heater is always on and blowing, and you can only turn it up.
A few months into owning the vehicle I got a coolant leak. Took it into the shop and they said it was probably the water pump. Hoping to do the repair myself.

I'm wondering if anyone knows of common hoses that I should check or tips regarding replacing the pump.

Thanks all!

 

Some common hoses are the two right behind the engine that plug into pipes in the firewall. One of them actually rubs up against the dipstick and sometimes does begin to leak. The water pump, if leaking, should just be replaced. Get a Hepu water pump and do it right. It's relatively inexpensive and will be a durable alternative to OEM.

Watch some videos online of doing the pump as well. This video is pretty solid. I did what he did with that tacky stuff on one side of the gasket. It may be hard to get one of the bolts to thread at first when installing, but it's not so bad and honestly doesn't even require as much pressure on the pump as the guy in the video suggests. If it has good gaskets (which come with the pump) then they will seal when the bolts are in. He makes it look way harder than it is.