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Water pump leak - 5/13/2008 4:46:19 PM    Aruba1   Posts: 66 Joined: 3/17/2008 Status: offline I put about 200 miles on the truck today and decided to take a peak under the hood when I got home. There was traces of coolant on the alternator, and some on the air box and some on the lower radiator hose. I got under the truck and there is a water leak on front of the engine . I am sure its coming from the water pump and it leaks about a drop each second. Anyone had their W/P giving up on their 2003/2004? How much for the repair at the dealer? Is there a write up somewhere? Thanks in advance, Gio Post #: 1

RE: Water pump leak - 5/13/2008 4:57:05 PM    Drew Posts: 10116 Joined: 8/26/2004 From: 33.43.342, 84.21.602 Status: offline you know what. . .look at this instead. . .check the overflow hose and make sure it is tight. I found mine was loose and dripping coolant at an alarming rate onto my BHAF. to solve this I put a zip tie on it and pulled it as tight as I could. havent had a problem since. _____________________________ 4/28/07 392hp 716tq on the stock clutch 10/20/07 425hp 798 still on the stock clutch BIG THANKS to David and the guy''''s at James O''''neal Dodge. YOU GUY''''S ROCK!!!!! (in reply to Aruba1) Post #: 2

RE: Water pump leak - 5/13/2008 5:14:17 PM    Aruba1   Posts: 66 Joined: 3/17/2008 Status: offline That was a little loose too but you can see the coolant coming from around the pulley over to the airbox while the overflow hose is dry. At the positive note, autozone sells w/p for about $60. I am so dissapointed. I am about to weld some fenders on my trailer, weld a 12.5k a-frame bulldog receiver and a pintle mount on my truck to tow my play car over 1000 miles in June and now I have to worry about a w/p as well. (in reply to Drew) Post #: 3

RE: Water pump leak - 5/13/2008 7:01:52 PM    jakebrake   Posts: 4577 Status: offline Water pump shouldnt be too hard to change. Drain the coolant, Pull the belt off then a couple off bolts. Pull the pump. Swap the pulley over to the new pump and put back together. There ain't much to these water pumps. I'd probably toss in a new t stat and new coolant while you got everything apart. < Message edited by jakebrake -- 5/13/2008 7:11:35 PM > (in reply to Aruba1) Post #: 4

RE: Water pump leak - 5/14/2008 6:20:27 AM    12valveman Posts: 96 Joined: 2/19/2008 Status: offline as drew said you should do the overflow hose thing first clean everything off and give it a try . hate to say have done a few headgaskets that leak in that right front corner also that waterpump is fairly durable and have rarely put a new one on unless it had alot and a mean alot of miles on it. but clean it and take a look at it. (in reply to jakebrake) Post #: 5

RE: Water pump leak - 5/15/2008 2:40:17 PM    Aruba1   Posts: 66 Joined: 3/17/2008 Status: offline I took the truck by a dodge dealership and they concluded the coolant leak is due to a failing w/p. SO i am putting a new w/p this weekend that I got from autozone ($59.95). Wish me good luck. Will post some pics after its done. (in reply to 12valveman) Post #: 6

RE: Water pump leak - 5/15/2008 7:55:27 PM    jakebrake   Posts: 4577 Status: offline If you can, go to a semi truck shop and pic up some red CAT coolant. This stuff is about 6x better then the automotive stuff. Has a lifetime of 300k miles before needing changed (in reply to Aruba1) Post #: 7

RE: Water pump leak - 5/15/2008 9:18:31 PM    dragonslayer169 Posts: 53 Joined: 6/8/2007 Status: offline Hey Aruba, Replacing the water pump is really easy. I had to replace mine back a couple months ago when I had about 100,000Km on my truck. It was really easy, and took about 2 hours max. As Jake mentioned its just a mater of draining the coolant and then removing a couple bolts. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get pictures as I had to do mine in the middle of the night. Good luck on the replacement and let us know how it goes. _____________________________ ''''03 2500 CTD HO Laramie QC SB, 33x12.50R17 Interco TrXus MT, BD X-Intake Cold Air, after market exhaust (in reply to jakebrake) Post #: 8

RE: Water pump leak/fix - 5/16/2008 5:08:05 PM    Aruba1   Posts: 66 Joined: 3/17/2008 Status: offline Tried to undo the fan assembly and that f!@# is not moving so I got around it (I not good following direction but good with shortcuts). Remove the 4 bolts to the fan shroud and folded it Remove the bolts holding the fan shroud Remove the top radiator hose Remove the belt and you will have good access to the 2 10mm bolts holding the waterpump (I had to use a 1" extention) and gave it a tab with a 2x4, sucker sucker came off like nada. I had to turn the fan a bit to get the wp out. Turn it the other way a bit to put the new one back in. (in reply to dragonslayer169) Post #: 9

RE: Water pump leak/fix - 5/16/2008 5:14:06 PM    Aruba1   Posts: 66 Joined: 3/17/2008 Status: offline pic of leak Attachment (1) (in reply to Aruba1) Post #: 10

RE: Water pump leak/fix - 5/16/2008 5:16:22 PM    Aruba1   Posts: 66 Joined: 3/17/2008 Status: offline stock vs autozone's wp Attachment (2) (in reply to Aruba1) Post #: 11

RE: Water pump leak/fix - 5/16/2008 5:18:01 PM    Aruba1   Posts: 66 Joined: 3/17/2008 Status: offline water pump removed Attachment (3) (in reply to Aruba1) Post #: 12

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