I am looking at buying a 97 jeep cherokee with 178, XXX miles, the jeep overall is in really good condition. The guy told me today he is getting the water pump replaced. Is this pretty normal for this milage? or is this really soon for the water pump to go out? I dont really want to buy a jeep that has been driven really hard and is going to die soon.
Thanks.

 

I would almost bet thats the third or fourth pump for the engine. I have seen them last 20,000 miles and up to 80-100,000 miles. its really hard to say for sure

 

okay cool, i will keep that in mind for the future, it looks like i am going to buy my first cherokee tomorrow.
thanks

 

I have 167000 on my original radiator and water pump. Now I have replaced the hoses, coolant and T-stat a couple times, NOT due to failure.

 

I just replaced the original water pump on my 99 with 132K miles on it Saturday morning. Pretty much everything in it is original except the tune up parts, brakes, etc. The water pump started leaking from the bottom weep hole.

 

I would not be suprised if that is the second water pump that has been put on it.