Extended Life Coolant
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Laughing Gas
Joined: Jan 2007
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From: Carbondale, CO
Definitely not the weep hole. There is a double clamp on the thermostat housing hose. It looks like it's coming from behind there. Guessing somewhere in it's past it leaked from there and the extra clamp fixed the leak. I just ordered a new pump, t-stat and billet housing, silicone hoses, 4 gals of ELC, and a belt. Gonna take care of this problem once and not have worry about it for 8 yrs/100K miles.
Tuned
Joined: Aug 2016
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From: Nevada
I did the degas bottle right after I bought it. There were some stress cracks along the top and I didn't want to find out how long it would last. I didn't get the hoses for that, probably should, and the heater hoses as well. What is the problem with the pully that I should look for? I looked at dieselsite, but I'm too much of a cheapskate for those prices. I went with something cheap, figured why not check out the quality. If they are junk, I'll put them on my wood truck and spend the big bucks on something better.
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You wont see much if the pulley is worn, and I thought nothing of re-using it the last time I did the water pump. Later on down the line though the belt started running up against the inside edge of the pulley instead of in the middle, causing a squeal. Swapping belts didn't help, but spraying some water on the smooth side of the belt would make it jump back into the middle of the pump pulley for a few seconds. That's basically how I diagnosed it as the pulley being the problem. (I watched a Youtube video where somebody else had the same trouble). New pulley fixed it. Unfortunately it meant removing the top hose and taking the fan out
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