Thread: Leaking Antifreeze

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He Guys,
Got one for ya. My '89 Dodge 4X4 with a 5.2L sprung a leak. Now it was leaking up front and I thought it was the water pump after checking all the hoses and where they are to be connected. Mopar did a "seep" hole in their water pumps to tell you when the bearings are worn and starting to leak so you can replace then. I thought this is where it was coming from. So I replaced the water pump this afternoon.
STILL LEAKING!!
It seams to coming from BEHIND the waterpump. Its leaking down and running between the harmonic balencer and the front engine cover.

Any ideas or suggestions?
DCON

I would get a mirror and put it underneath the water pump to make sure it is coming from there and not leaking down from the thermostat housing or a pin hole in one of your hoses spraying up on the water pump. If it is coming from behind the water pump, (I'm not too farmiliar with the small block Dodge) some water pumps have plates on the back of them and when you get your new water pump they don't supply the new plate, so you have to take the old plate and put it on the back of the new water pump. You can check with an auto parts store. I had that happen to me when I was working on an old ambulance but I don't remember what engine it was. Let me know how it turns out. I hope this helps you.


Vegas
P.S. you can get a new water pump thats bad to, rare, but it can happen.

vara4 has some good suggestions there. you could also get some dye and add it to the system and using a black light watch for the dye and follow the trail that way.

could there be a pin hole in the rad and it is spraying back at the engine? first thing to leak in my jeep (besides the water pump) was the rad. i smelled AF for weeks before i found the leak.

chris