Its possible that the off balnace from your air pump may have shortened the
life of the water pump its self. Check the weap hole for moisture, if so
jsut replace it, they are cheap enough though a littlw ork is involved...
If you want to make it easy\ier on yourself, my father had found a kit
someplace(I dont know he told me about it) for his 84 RamCharger(Think it
was 84) that was underdrive pullies with the addition of a belt tensionor
for around $175 and came with 2 serpentine belts(a spare). He never did get
the kit before he passed away last November and mom sold the rig to dads
best friend. Since we lived so far apart I never got any more info on it
than what he told me..
It may still be avaialable...? Anyone know where to start looking...
Bill Day
billday@consolidated.net
http://users.consolidated.net/billday/
A rich man isn't always wealthy, he just has all the love he wants and can
give..
AIM - BadManD73 (Catch me if you can!)
'95 Ext Cab 3.9L Mag 4x4 Flame Red 3.55 LSD turning 30x9.50x15's
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Maskalans" <dml@tepidcola.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 5:49 PM
Subject: DML: intermittent coolant leak?
>
> so I was taking care of a squealing belt on the RamCharger just now -
> the water pump belt, in fact, and as I was finishing up tightening the
> power steering belt (water pump is run by two belts, one is
> crank-water-power steering, the other is crank-water-air pump, which I
> just put back into service to help the squeal issue) I noticed some
> clear liquid dripping from the engine onto the front cross member.
>
> My first thought was power steering fluid since I'd moved the pump
> around quite a bit, but when I got underneath and caught some in my
> hand it wasn't thick or slippery enough. I scooted forward a bit, and
> found that it was coming from the bottom of the timing chain cover
> right behind the crank pulley, at about 2 drips per second, and the
> small puddle on the ground was green.
>
> I cursed a bit, finished buttoning up the belts, and started it to see
> if I'd fixed the squeal, and to see if I'd be taking a shower in the
> process. The squeal was gone and so was the leak. I took a spin
> around a few blocks, still no squeal, and no leak. I shut it down, and
> there was still no leak (it had been off for about 15 minutes when I
> first saw the leak).
>
> Any ideas what I might be looking at here? I'm thinking it has to be a
> bad waterpump seal at the drive shaft, and when it cools it no longer
> seals, and leaks but when it's hot, it seals. Any other thoughts? I
> don't really want to do a frontend teardown on that truck without a
> garage..... My landlord probably doesn't want me to, either - bad
> enough parking two trucks and a sailboat when most other tenants have
> one car =)
> --
> Mike Maskalans <http://mike.tepidcola.com/dodge/>
> 84 RamCharger 4x4 360 98 Dakota CC 4x4 318
> mobile.612.618.4652 home.585.935.7129 fax.360.364.3930
>
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