Water Pump Leak Joys

[Mudduck]

Smelling coolant randomly and saw this. Coolant on top of the front diff. Can’t see where its coming from though.

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[Mudduck]

I can’t tell…. There’s crusty coolant all over, from the top of the oil cooler down.

 

[jhackathorne]

I have a 2.0L so not much help on location, but find out where your water pump is and check the bolts. I know on at least the 2.0L it is a known issue. We got back from a wheeling trip in South Dakota and inspecting my undercarriage for damage, I smelled coolant and found some on the top of the front diff as well. Luckily a buddy had the same issue and had told me about the bolts coming loose. I located mine and snugged them up and it stopped. Dealerships know it's an issue and typically remove them and use blue loc-tite from what I hear.

 

[Mudduck]

I have a 2.0L so not much help on location, but find out where your water pump is and check the bolts. I know on at least the 2.0L it is a known issue. We got back from a wheeling trip in South Dakota and inspecting my undercarriage for damage, I smelled coolant and found some on the top of the front diff as well. Luckily a buddy had the same issue and had told me about the bolts coming loose. I located mine and snugged them up and it stopped. Dealerships know it's an issue and typically remove them and use blue loc-tite from what I hear.

Thank you for your response! I have an appointment to drop it off tomorrow.

 

[mwilk012]

under warranty?

 

[Mudduck]

under warranty?

Yes. Still under the 3/36k thankfully. The tech working on my jeep is a jeep guy. Has a 23 JLUR that hes dumped about 25k into. I feel good about it… said they were a week behind but he’d get it on the rack for tomorrow morning anyway…. Nice

 

[mwilk012]

Yes. Still under the 3/36k thankfully. The tech working on my jeep is a jeep guy. Has a 23 JLUR that hes dumped about 25k into. I feel good about it… said they were a week behind but he’d get it on the rack for tomorrow morning anyway…. Nice

Water pumps are no big deal on these, it will be quick.

 

[Mudduck]

Water pump done and they also changed the timing chain cover. 5 days wasn't a bad turn around.

 

[mwilk012]

Water pump done and they also changed the timing chain cover. 5 days wasn't a bad turn around.

What the hell? That doesn't make any sense at all.

 

[Camaroboi13]

I went through 3 water pumps on my 3.6 in my WK2 within 48k miles. Water pumps are all too common on the pentastar.

 

[Mudduck]

What the hell? That doesn't make any sense at all.

I'm not sure why the Timing chain cover was changed. I cant get a straight answer.

 

[Mudduck]

I went through 3 water pumps on my 3.6 in my WK2 within 48k miles. Water pumps are all too common on the pentastar.

Seems to be one of the weakest links. I've done a lot of reading on the water pump issues over the last few days.

 

[mwilk012]

Are you sure it wasn’t the water crossover pipe on the timing cover? There’s no reason to R&R timing cover based on the symptoms unless they blew the threads out of the timing cover with an impact when installing the water pump.

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