Driving home from the airport last night got a engine overheat alarm about 10 minutes after starting out. Typical plume of steam when I pulled over and saw a leak shooting steam out near the radiator hose/water pump interface. Turns out there is a tube coming out of the water pump that goes to the heater that is cracked. See diagram part 7. Anyone ever replace this? It looks like it just presses in? Or do you have to replace the whole water pump? Thanks! This is my first post so if I am saying things wrong or labeling wrong my apologies!

 

Looking at the diagram it works the same way as it does on my kids 5.2L grand Cherokee. The end in the waterpump has an o-ring and the pipe is held in place by that bolt at the 2:00 position from #8

 

Thanks OldJeep. I think you are right. Went to try to drive it home today (using the old duct tape method) but only got about 4 miles before it blew off again. So waited 4 hours(!) for a tow truck to get there and it is at pep boys now. Thanks for the help though.

Rick