Hi guys. Over the weekend my aux water pump went out ('93 525 M50 vanos engine) and apparently the heater valve as well (I hear that often causes the pump to go south.) I usually use a shop an hour away in Richmond VA who I trust, but had to get it to the nearest shop here in Charlottesville.

The shop it's at wants 690 for the job....seems way high. My shop in R'mond wants 520...much better. The thing is, the tow alone eats up the savings.

I am thinking of bypassing it as I hear that works fine, but can't find very detailed instructions. Anyone have very detailed instructions? Ideally I'd love pics. As far as I can tell (from my roadside at a glance in the rain when this happened) is that there are 3 coolant hoses below the pump...not sure which to splice together.

Thanks!

Eric