My truck has used a little water over the last year or so.
Like about a quart of water every three or four months.

It never has leaked any spots where ever i have parked. i did notice that it looked a little discolored on the bottom of the pump but it felt fine.

Today i was at a stop light and had a very strong smell of diesel.
I got home to check under the hood for a fuel leak. Nothing found and nothing wet.

as the motor was running i saw that the fan was moving in and out about 3/8s of an inch. I shut the motor off and grabbed the fan. it has more than a half inch play up and down.

I caught this just in time not to do damage to the radiator.
It's Still not leaking..

So should i get an OEM water pump or is there something else that is better out there.

i'll order it from Clay.. I could get it from ford but i would rather help my brothers.

I have been wanting to do the flush and i am now glad i never did it.
I guess i should do the duel alt hose and neck while im at it..

 

Even with my water pump death row, I would still go OEM. They hold up pretty well and all others are a crap shoot.

 

Good catch.
I don't think you can do better than Motorcraft and Clay's price. I had to replace a two month old Dayco belt after I did water pump and hoses, VERY glad I did the wrap around hose. I also took advantage of the pump out of the way and did a flush and change to ELC. At least the cooling system is good for a while.

 

Also consider a coolant filter. I just put mine on and am glad I did! Plus it pretties up the engine bay a little.

 

OEM from clay or airtex for rock auto.com, also a fan of the coolant filter for diesel site.com

 

http://s302.beta.photobucket.com/use...O0001.mp4.html

 

after watching that I went out and wiggled my fan...

 

Im surprised on how far it's walking in and out and not leaking. I took the DP tuner head off so the girlfriend will not try and drive it to work. sometimes she takes the truck to work.
Im glad i checked for that fuel smell asap before the fan came apart and went through the radiator

Just waiting on that yellow taped box this week

 

Got it all ordered up already huh. Tell ya what clay's site is gonna break me one of these days

 

I like to think about it as breaking you half as much as the dealer for the same quality parts, lol.

Thank you for your order, we appreciate it.

 

Very true Clay very true. Not gonna argue with you on that

 

Today i got a chance to get started on the removal. Got to do the Block/backplug backslide. I did good on the drivers side and scooted out of the way but the one above the starter got me..
Gotta love the taste of antifreeze..

Had a little kiddy pool and caught about 95% of the antifreeze.

 

I just replaced my water pump 2 weeks ago with an OE from Clay. Very happy with the product and the install wasn't as bad as I expected.