Engine/Transmission (1998.5 - 2002) OH NO! Snoking pee'd on garage floor

[SnoKing]

Just saw a small oil puddle, it is coming off the right front corner of the engine, RIGHT by the air conditioner compressor. It is not transmission fluid and it is not engine oil. Light weight oil brown in color, any thoughts? SNOKING

 

[SRadke]

AC compressor? It has oil of it's own in it.



-Scott

 

[SnoKing]

That's what I am afraid it is, will not be cheap! It is probably ****** at me for buying my wife a new Buick Rainier SUV. SNOKING

 

[SnoKing]

I do not know, seems to be coming from above the AC compressor. I will have to get a mirror and look at the Water Pump weep hole. Maybe it is an antifreeze and bearing grease mix. Anyone have the water pump part number for a 2001. 5 so I can compare it with the spares I have on the boat. I have one new and one recon in the parts kits for the B150's. SNOKING

 

[SnoKing]

I am going to wash the front to the engine this morning and get rid of the oil bottle, what a mess! Then try to firgure out what is leaking. SNOKING

 

[SnoKing]

Good, news. I now have clean green/yellow antifreeze dripping in the garage. Talked to Cummins NW and boat spare should be the same. SNOKING

 

[SRadke]

I've only replaced one water pump and that was a truck with 315k miles. It's an easy install, I hope your fix is that easy.



-Scott

 

[flattracker]

When you go back you may want to try one of the ELC1 coolants by cat, chevron,rotella, or texaco all the same formula. Went to it in all of my oilfield equipment 10 years ago when it was introduced cut water pump seal failures by 95% , bearning will still eventually fail but only at very high mileage. Even dodge has switched over to it in the third generation. Have run it in 4 dodge cummins first one sold at 180,000 second at 129,000 third one is at 96,000 still driving fourth at 30,000 no water pump failures at all. There is an old mechanics trick that will buy you some time if you don't have one available for immediate replacement. Drain the radiator then take a rubber tip blow gun hold it tightly against the weep hole and blow compressed air back thru the waterpump seal , usually they leak because solids circulating in the antifreeze become lodged between the two halves of the seal and the air will dislodge them works about 80% of the time. can also be done without draining the radiator just remove the cap but you will get an antifreeze geyser when the air comes out.

 

[SnoKing]

I used Fleetguard Complete in the boat for a while, but lost a water pump seal and had heater hose failures. So switch back to ethal/gly. Cummins NW parts guy said Complete was hard on seals. SNOKING

 

[SnoKing]

No recon water pumps for the 2001 ISB. Got a new one on order from Cummins NW. Called Dodge just to compare. 148 at Cummins, 170 at Dodge, both have to order. SNOKING

 

[ProspectorTim]

Here's one on ebay

 

[SnoKing]

Here's one on ebay

Yeah, that one looks like one of the ones I have in boat spares. For some reason the main body is shaped a little different on the 2001. 5 truck one. Between 5 pumps I have to look at, one is like this one on ebay, three on the boat are shaped slightly different and the truck is different yet again. SNOKING

 

[flattracker]

There is also closed impeller and open impeller have seen both come off the same model engine .

 

[SnoKing]

There is also closed impeller and open impeller have seen both come off the same model engine .

Just got home that the new water pump from Cummins NW was on the porch. It is a open impeller and all the ones on the boat are inclosed impellers. Also learn that the weep hole is a bit different, in that it is right up again the block on the passengers side. It is too tight to get your finger under it to see if it is leaking. These two pumps use spring loaded seals, similar to the Sherwood raw water pumps on the B150's in the boat. Maybe there are just no enough of them fail to create a recon supply yet. SNOKING