>Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 11:16:45 -0400
From: "Sawyer, Travis" <tsawyer@northchurch.net>
Subject: DML: Life of a water pump?
Folks:
Call me stupid...
I had JiffyLube do a flush and fill of my radiator a couple of months back.
Since then, after driving, I can smell a little antifreeze, but I can't
locate the source of it.
Here are my questions:
1. Is there a way I can find out if I've a blown seal/gasket in my water
pump?
2. What is the life expectantcy of a water pump?
3. How hard is it to replace the pump?
I have a '97 4x4 V8 5spd with ~ 75k miles.
Thanx!
>- -Travis
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Before you jump to conclusions, have the cooling system pressure
tested...it may only be a leak. Is the level of your overflow bottle going
down? The older Dodge waterpumps used to have a 'tell tale', which would
leak a bit of fluid once the seal started leaking.
Sometimes a whiff of exhaust can be mistaken for anti-freeze.
Rob Agnew
ragnew@islandnet.com
Victoria, B.C.
Canada
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