Oh yeah "only Firestone would employ a moron mechanic like that, glad i dont
take my vehicles to those Clowns.
----- Original Message -----
From: WP <puzlist@mn.rr.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 8:17 PM
Subject: DML: Wrong (reverse rotation) water pump?
>
> Hi,
>
> I just bought a 94 Dakota SLT 5.2, that was in need of some mechanical
> work. The previous owner said that his kid, a mechanic at a local
> Firestone garage, had done all the mechanical work on it previously.
> One of the problems the truck has is that the temp slowly rises to
> overheating. It takes about 10 minutes of driving for this to happen.
> I've replaced the thermostat, and the radiator doesn't look plugged up,
> there's no crude floating in the antifreeze. I poured water into the
> radiator without the thermostat in place, and it came right up out the
> block, so the block isn't plugged up. It does have a shiny new water
> pump that I suspect is the problem. Judging by the quality of the other
> work done on this truck (each plastic panel in the interior has at least
> one screw missing and at least one crack, plastic covers for seat
> mechanisms broken and held on with zip-ties, the stock radio was
> replaced with a $100 CD player and the air temp door disconnected in the
> process (blowing HOT air all the time--fixed now), etc, I'm thinking
> this guy put in a water pump designed to rotate in the wrong direction
> for this engine. I know the Magnum engines with serpentine belts spin
> the water pump in the reverse direction from the pre-Magnum engines, and
> the Mopar Performance crate engines use a different water pump than
> production engines.
>
> My question is: Is it possible to tell without removing it if it's the
> wrong water pump for this application?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Warren
>
>
>
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