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Old 02-08-2009, 10:56 PM
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I have been adding coolant to the truck since I bought it, not much though, maybe a gallon in a year. Anyway I was looking under the truck tonight and noticed the harmonic balancer on the crank shaft had drop of coolant on it. The thing is I really can't tell if the water pump is actually leaking. Am I right in thinking that usually there is a weap hole just past the bearing to let you know when it is going? I really can't see a "coolant trail" from the pump, or would the pully catch the drip?

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Get an inspection mirror and see if you have a trail under the water pump. If you don't see any concrete evidence have your coolant system pressure tested.
 
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Old 02-08-2009, 11:30 PM
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I have one, guess I should have thought of that...I'll do some more looking
 



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