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:waving::waving:Welcome to the Best Goldwing Site on the Net, Goadsgoldwing!:waving::waving:
I'd recommend first getting a copy of Clymers for your bike. A lot of jobs that seem daunting aren't all that bad if you have sufficient information. The pictures will help a log. As for what to do about it bearing in mind my experience only goesto the 1200 and 1500 Goldwing, the pump will have to be pulled out and inspected, if the pump shaft and it's innards don't appear corroded or sloppy you probably can get away with replacing the seal. Pulling the pump requires removing the lower fairings and the radiator. When you remove the radiator the easiest way, at least on the 1200 is to take the hose attachment piece off the front of the pump without removing the radiator hose, loosen the hose clamp on the lower end of the top radiator hose, remove the lower nuts on the radiator, on the 1200 the top is just held by rubber blocks in a channel and just drops down, leave the top hose on the radiator and pull the hose off the engine end. Disconnect the fan connector and any other connector you find on the radiator. After that it's just a matter of removing the front cover over the pump and pulling the pump. As the other guys said, it's a good time to check the timing belts. If you need more info on that do a search in the box at the top of the page on 'timing belts' lots of discussion on that here. As for replacing the pump, they do run from $100-130 depending. Seal kits run around $30 or so if I remember right. Once you have the experience of removing the pump you can more easily make the decision about replacing seals or the pump. If you found the job reasonably easy just go for a seal kit from Bike Bandit or some other vendor, if it seemed like a lot of work, replace the whole pump.