Originally Posted by supratter

^^ I agree, I replaced the thermostat, water pump and expansion tank and cap this past weekend, hoses were in perfect shape, I double checked the orings inside and all fine so I reused them .. I am all up for replacing hard to reach parts while doing something else, like on this case I was doing the thermostat so why not the water pump? but hoses? you can access those without removing anything else on the car