Ewww - sorry Alex - our Chicago weather here can really be brutal - I have had
my own......share of snow problems and my dakota - which I will never ever
tell anyone about ! :-P What dodge dealer were you at? I know almost all
of then in the city and can tell you which ones I think are reputable. From
your description - one shop in particular springs to mind...
I agree - take the truck to your own dealer - see what they think... good
luck - and happy new year everyone!
Alex Harris wrote:
> Well, I got back this afternoon from ten days in Chicago. I got up there
> Thursday night the 21st and immediately got stuck in a snowy parking spot.
> After working for a half an hour I got out, but on the way home from an
> event that evening (when the temp was 9 below zero) my power steering
> started making a whiny noise.
>
> I checked it the next morning and the inside of my engine compartment was
> covered in power steering fluid, the pulley was wobbling and the pump was
> dry. Whee! As the weather was so dreadful and it was a holiday weekend, I
> couldn't get the truck towed to a dealership until Tuesday after Christmas!
> Absolutely no tow companies were even accepting calls. My truck ended up
> being stranded for five days! I'm sure my revving the engine high while
> fighting the ice and spinning my wheels prompted the pump failure, but it
> must have been faulty in the first place, right?
>
> Anyway, the pump was replaced under warranty by a creepy Dodge dealership
> (creepy meaning the shop was a big old dirty barn with mechanics banging on
> engines with hammers). Everything seems to be working normally now, but the
> pulley has just a bit of wobble to it and it sounds a little more rattly
> than I remember (possibly just worry-enhanced hearing, though). I've never
> really looked before, but is some amount of pulley play normal? Or should a
> pulley be rock steady and straight?
>
> What a great couple of weeks... I sure am glad to be home, and I missed the
> DML!
>
> - Alex
> '00 RC SLT V6 5-Speed
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