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You can probably get away with it. No guarantees, but probably so. Low RPMs would be a good suggestion if you decide to roll the dice.I grabbed the fan and wiggled, and yep, shes a little loose. I think i caught it on the front end, just noticed the slight rattle this morning. Round trip for work is right about 18-19 miles. If i drive for work only, think I'm okay til next weekend or should I not press my luck and park it til the parts arrive and fix immediately. Talking roughly 100 miles til next weekend.
I tried that on mine. I ended up taking a day off of work. Luckily my water pump grenaded about a mile from home, so, I was able to limp it home.I grabbed the fan and wiggled, and yep, shes a little loose. I think i caught it on the front end, just noticed the slight rattle this morning. Round trip for work is right about 18-19 miles. If i drive for work only, think I'm okay til next weekend or should I not press my luck and park it til the parts arrive and fix immediately. Talking roughly 100 miles til next weekend.
I guess my question is whether you’re willing to deal with breaking down half way to or from work. I probably wouldn’t chance it if it was me.I grabbed the fan and wiggled, and yep, shes a little loose. I think i caught it on the front end, just noticed the slight rattle this morning. Round trip for work is right about 18-19 miles. If i drive for work only, think I'm okay til next weekend or should I not press my luck and park it til the parts arrive and fix immediately. Talking roughly 100 miles til next weekend.
Modern miracles. Things happen sometimes that you have no clue how..Day 1 of to work and back, and no issues. Checked after getting home to see if the leak has gotten worse since Saturday, and it’s not leaking. Absolute bone dry on the crank pulley and frame below. Insert scratching head emoji…shouldn’t the leak be getting worse? Looseness feels about he same as Saturday. Not complaining here, but wondering why the leak stopped.
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and assume you checked your coolant level when you got home. The fact that there was nothing leaking out is troubling. If you have play in the water pump shaft you definitely need to replace it. But I have never seen a water pump that was leaking coolant stop leaking unless there wasn't enough coolant left to leak out.Day 1 of to work and back, and no issues. Checked after getting home to see if the leak has gotten worse since Saturday, and it’s not leaking. Absolute bone dry on the crank pulley and frame below. Insert scratching head emoji…shouldn’t the leak be getting worse? Looseness feels about he same as Saturday. Not complaining here, but wondering why the leak stopped.
Yep…it was about halfway between the low and full mark in the overflow tank and just below the neck in the radiator….where it always is. I was stumped too by it not leaking. The slight rattle is still there, just didn’t leak today. Definitely still changing it when parts arrive.I'm gonna go out on a limb here and assume you checked your coolant level when you got home. The fact that there was nothing leaking out is troubling. If you have play in the water pump shaft you definitely need to replace it. But I have never seen a water pump that was leaking coolant stop leaking unless there wasn't enough coolant left to leak out.![]()
Makes sense on the leak rate. Internal seal is starting to go and during normal operation, the cooling system has relatively low pressure. When you shut it off, that pressure spikes, therefore you're getting that pressure releasing through the failing seal.Made it through day 3 driving to work and back and no issues. It has started leaking again, but not much. Only does it after shutting off for about a minute, then stops. No drips at all when it’s running. All parts have arrived but that magic purple mopar coolant. Yes I know there’s other coolants I could use, but no I don’t want to. Purple is in it now and whatever is lost when I pull the pump is getting replaced with purple. I just did a complete flush last fall, so I’ll simply reuse what drains from the radiator and replace whatever hits the ground. Looseness of the pump feels about the same as last Saturday when I discovered it leaking.
If i drive for work only, think I'm okay til next weekend or should I not press my luck and park it til the parts arrive and fix immediately. Talking roughly 100 miles til next weekend.
I tried that on mine. I ended up taking a day off of work. Luckily my water pump grenaded about a mile from home, so, I was able to limp it home.
Those are awful numbers. I wouldn't say "lucky" fits 4 pumps in 4-ish years, lol.My ram is on its 4th pump in 4-ish years, but never had any catastrophic failure. Maybe I'm just lucky.
Lol, definitely not lucky that I'm on my fourth, almost sold it at one point because of it, but just lucky that it never blew up and left me stranded. I always carry a gallon of water in the toolbox and I was always able to limp home on that.Those are awful numbers. I wouldn't say "lucky" fits 4 pumps in 4-ish years, lol.
My 5.7L Chevy motor did that. I could drive all day and not leak or smell anything while driving. If I stopped and went into a store, I would come out to a puddle beneath the water pump. One day, I stopped and waiting a few minutes, and was able to see the leak push thru the weep hole. When you stop, the heat soak of the engine was probably enough to push the coolant past the old seal and out the weep hole. Changed that water pump and solved that problem. OEM water pump, all the way!Made it through day 3 driving to work and back and no issues. It has started leaking again, but not much. Only does it after shutting off for about a minute, then stops. No drips at all when it’s running. All parts have arrived but that magic purple mopar coolant. Yes I know there’s other coolants I could use, but no I don’t want to. Purple is in it now and whatever is lost when I pull the pump is getting replaced with purple. I just did a complete flush last fall, so I’ll simply reuse what drains from the radiator and replace whatever hits the ground. Looseness of the pump feels about the same as last Saturday when I discovered it leaking.