Truck started acting weird so I pulled into a filling station and realized all my ELC was on the ground. I started the truck to find the source of the leak, but too much had already drained out. All I could notice was the pulley on the water pump had a bad wobble. Is that a good assumption that the water pump is shot? Anyone close to 45 & Louetta?

 

Anyone? Help a brother out?

 

I got a tow, and am buying a new pump now. I hope it's the pump.

 

Sounds like it is. They really aren't that bad to do if you happen to have the tools with you. Hopefully they aren't raping you on the cost.

 

New Napa pump was $145. 4gal of ELC was $60. I had an old, damaged Napa belt in my tool box that I got $40 credit for. Total bill was $180. Hopefully the pump is the problem. But I still need the fan removal tool. Napa didn't have one. Anyone close have one?

 

I used an air chisel on the edge of the nut to spin it off. Once started it turns by hand real easy. Didnt need the fan tool.
Not sure if you have access to one of those or even an air compressor but if you do makes it much easier.

 

I rented a fan removal tool set from AZ, but I'm not sure it has what I need. I'm about to get started. Hopefully if works. Thanks for the replies.

 

Yeah I tried that from them once....What they gave me isn't what I needed.
I bought the right one for $20 at Napa then didn't use it as I had found the air chisel.
It is like a long pair of scissors with a notch at ends that hook on a couple of bolts so you can keep the fan from turning while loosening the main fan nut.

 

Wish I'd seen this sooner...

I'm in Spring

Sounds like you lost your water pump. Same thing happened to me a little over a year ago. I heard a loud screech, smelled coolant, but didn't think anything of it. 2 days later, the lower radiator hose blew and I had to replace the pump and a few hoses.

Make sure you get a good size tube of RTV, it will take some time to cure properly before you can drive the truck.

 

shroud and fan will need removing at same time. thought about a new TS while ur in there?

 

Got the old pump out, and now working on getting the pulley off. Dumb question: where am I needing to use the RTV? Is the gasket not sufficient?

 

some use a little RTV as added insurance on the pump to cover mating surface. I did my pump last month and did not use it...sealed fine. It was an OEM replacement so not sure if that matters.

 

Better safe than sorry, on every pump I've done, I've used RTV as an extra layer of security/sealing. No one wants to have to do this twice.

It also helps the thermostat housing seal better.

 

I'm going to try to post photos of the process. Y'all may have done this before, but I found that a belt-type filter wrench holds the WP pulley very well while installing/removing the fan and the bolts on the pulley (if you've already removed the belt or you don't feel like messing with the "fan removal tool"). It was pretty obvious the WP was bad once I removed the belt, and definitely after I removed the WP. I spent a good amount of time cleaning-up behind the WP due to all the shavings. **The only problem I ran into was the outlet for the lower hose that I got with the new pump was different than the outlet on the original pump. I considered using the old outlet, but it didn't look like it was going to seal well to the WP, so I used the new outlet. I had to cut the hose to align with the new outlet, but after doing so, I found that the hose wouldn't fit properly. It took a little grease and a lot of convincing for the hose to slide onto it. I hope it lasts. If it doesn't, does anyone know a part number for the correct hose for this application?

 

Boy! That was one toasty pump ! WoW !

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