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should I be concerned?

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Building my own truck sleeper berth

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Badunit said:
This looks like a job I should do myself. Changing a water pump is not rocket science. But I have a question for the experts about refilling the antifreeze and purging the air out of the system. The Techauthority service manual procedure for replacing the water pump calls for using a vacuum purging system to refill/purge the antifreeze. Apparently the EGR cooler can get air trapped in it and the heat can crack it. But, contrary to this, the section in the manual titled "Cooling/Standard Procedure/Filling" pretty much follows the same procedure everyone has used for generations to fill a radiator (fill radiator, start engine, let it warm up, keep topping it off until it is full) and never references the chapter on purging. So, my question is whether that fancy vacuum purging tool is necessary. Is that what the shops do?

EDIT: Might be a moot point. Haven't been able to locate a water pump yet. I am afraid to buy a "Mopar" one online because it might be the same one that is being recalled. Gates 42133 is out of stock everywhere I have looked so far.
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The advantage to using the vacuum set up is speed of success.The old way takes much longer and will require driving the vehicle
 
In addition to Bobs mention of post 125 it showed up as well on my ram app for my 17 though I have not received an official letter yet.
 
Badunit said:
This looks like a job I should do myself. Changing a water pump is not rocket science. But I have a question for the experts about refilling the antifreeze and purging the air out of the system. The Techauthority service manual procedure for replacing the water pump calls for using a vacuum purging system to refill/purge the antifreeze. Apparently the EGR cooler can get air trapped in it and the heat can crack it. But, contrary to this, the section in the manual titled "Cooling/Standard Procedure/Filling" pretty much follows the same procedure everyone has used for generations to fill a radiator (fill radiator, start engine, let it warm up, keep topping it off until it is full) and never references the chapter on purging. So, my question is whether that fancy vacuum purging tool is necessary. Is that what the shops do?

EDIT: Might be a moot point. Haven't been able to locate a water pump yet. I am afraid to buy a "Mopar" one online because it might be the same one that is being recalled. Gates 42133 is out of stock everywhere I have looked so far.
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No need to bleed a cooler on 2015 and up. Your reservoir is on the firewall and is the highest point in the system. Older trucks still used the radiator as the fill point and it was lower than the EGR cooler, hence the bleed valve on those models.
 
Lolz. Just bought my (10/16 build date) 2017 3500 CC 4x4 DRW Aisin 4.10 three weeks ago. (Guess I'm one of the few who looks for Tradesmans set up for Max Tow.) Looks like I'll have a new (maybe) water pump before I put 1000 miles on it. No problem really. I need to look to see if it doesn't have the vent as the recall remedy is "Inspect and replace if required" so some may and some may not need to be replaced it seems.
Update: Inspected the pump and it has no visible vent hole so I guess I'll be getting a new one whenever they get some new parts. Glad I don't have to fix this as it looks kinda tight in there.
 
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Badunit said:
This looks like a job I should do myself. Changing a water pump is not rocket science. But I have a question for the experts about refilling the antifreeze and purging the air out of the system. The Techauthority service manual procedure for replacing the water pump calls for using a vacuum purging system to refill/purge the antifreeze. Apparently the EGR cooler can get air trapped in it and the heat can crack it. But, contrary to this, the section in the manual titled "Cooling/Standard Procedure/Filling" pretty much follows the same procedure everyone has used for generations to fill a radiator (fill radiator, start engine, let it warm up, keep topping it off until it is full) and never references the chapter on purging. So, my question is whether that fancy vacuum purging tool is necessary. Is that what the shops do?

EDIT: Might be a moot point. Haven't been able to locate a water pump yet. I am afraid to buy a "Mopar" one online because it might be the same one that is being recalled. Gates 42133 is out of stock everywhere I have looked so far.
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When I performed my 150k mile cooling system service, I was able to eliminate a lot of the air purging issue by refilling through the upper radiator hose. Simply remove the clamp at the radiator end, and use a funnel to pour the coolant back into the system.
 
Newsa said:
The water pump recall showed up on my phone today. Wasn't there yesterday.

It says they will inspect and decide if it should be replaced.
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Mine too and got a notice via MyCarFAX. Has a plain jane version of the recall letter and, as usual, "The Remedy for this Condition is Not Currently Available at This Time". FC will contact you by mail when parts are available. Yea... Get everyone worried and then not have a fix.
 
"Yea... Get everyone worried and then not have a fix."

Yep, isn't that great. It sure seems to be the common practice with FCA these days. I just got off the phone with them as I was inquiring WTF takes so long to get a water pump for a Cummins engine. They had no answer but insisted they would pass the info up the food chain. I treated the poor sap on the phone pretty well but I sure wouldn't want his job. I know everybody isn't as nice as I am when dealing with truck troubles/recalls.
 
It’s not just FCA. After the 07-08 crash the suppliers were falling left and right.Many of the vendors are being used by multiple car builders. With vendors trying to keep up with normal production schedules the recalls screw up the plan
 
Bob4x4 said:
It’s not just FCA. After the 07-08 crash the suppliers were falling left and right.Many of the vendors are being used by multiple car builders. With vendors trying to keep up with normal production schedules the recalls screw up the plan
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I'm probably going to just get a new water pump from Geno's and keep it under the seat with all my other spare parts.................considering how protracted this evolution has become. :-laf
 
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