3500eh

water pump problem

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noticed a bit of water under truck last few days. getting worried about it not being a/c as i did not have it on today i checked it out. its my water pump. a little pin hole on the top of it. only bubbles out at an idle. problem is i need truck for work, 150 km round trip next 4 days and cant get truck in any time soon. any easy fix to solve problem for a week or so? jb weld?? its only small leak, bout 1 gallon in last 200 km. any suggestions or am i screwed until it gets fixed. thanks for info.
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stock 03 3500 4x4, 2" spacers 35"toyo mt,

Roperteacher

3rd gens seem to be having quite a few problems with water pumps. I traded my truck off today because my truck was eating water pumps and dealer says it's normal. From what I understand, it take less than 15 minutes to fix one and just about anybody can do it... I am not that inclined yet..LOLOO

CD in NM

For whatever reason of design, the water pump is supposedly OK and operating normally if it weeps a little. That statement is straight from a dealership/service department person AND out of the DC tech people.

Roperteacher had quite a lot of BAD experiences regarding his water pump(s) and so have others. It DOES take about 15 minutes to change out the water pump, but, they all will begin to weep again like the one you are changing out.

You must be able to DUPLICATE your problem at the dealership, AND you better have a pretty steady stream of leakage or all you will get told is that's a normal weepage.

Good luck.

CD