Hallo

I noticed today I have a fairly healthy coolant leak on the front of my engine (2000 ram 1500 v6 magnum).. I'm mechanically illiterate, but it *seems* to be coming from where that very bottom pulley disappears into the engine. If you were looking at the engine from the front, it'd be the very bottom pulley that the serpentine belt goes around.

While I'm not positive that that's the source, I was hoping to get some idea of what I might be in for.. has anybody else seen this and what are possible causes?



Thx
J

 

Check around the water pump inlets and outlets, might need new w-pump gasket if it is the case its a good project for the first time mechanic

 

Water pump or timing cover.

 

Get a light of some sort and look from underneath behind the pulley. There is a weep hole in the WP, that will leak when the bearing goes bad. You can also remove the belt and grab the pulley and see if it wobbles around at all.