Possible leaky water pump??

[billschroeder5842]

I drove the Charger to work today. Everything was running fine until I parked it, got out and noticed a steady drip-drip of coolant. A quick inspection looks like the leak is coming from mid engine area, behind the water pump.

I might leave work early and swing by the parts store on the way home; get water and maybe pick up a replacement part.

Help me....this sound like the water pump? I replaced the current one about 7 years ago.

I could take it home, tear it down to be absolutely sure, but if an educated guess and with the corrent part handy, I would finished it up in a hurry!

We have a three day weekend!!

[Back N Black]

The water pump has a small hole at the bottom, have a look and see if its coming out the hole.
Also ,did you change the alternator recently or loosen bolts for adjustment? The reason i ask is because the bolt at the bottom that goes into the water pump will leak coolant if not torqued properly.

[Dino]

It might be just the hoses, not the pump itself so check those first.  When the pump itself fails it's usually a much bigger mess than drip-drip.

[billschroeder5842]

Well, I've never seen this before...

I drove home (no issues) and the car still leaked. It looked the where the top radiator filler hose met the water neck. I took the hose off to clean/inspect it and saw that the water filler neck (that hold the thermostat) was SUPER corroded and metal seemed to flake off.

I took the neck off as I thought that the top was not holding a good seal and wanted to clean it. I discovered that corrosion had eaten a hole about the size of a pencil tip into the housing on the rear side, hence the leak.

Never seen that one before.

Part on order and install tomorrow.

Weird.

[tan top]

take the fan belt off , & see if you can feel movement in the pump bearing by rocking the pulley / fan   ,  like you would feel for play in  front wheel bearings    feel any movement  , replace pump    regardless of any water leaking out of the hole in the pump  ,  
water leaking out that hole  9 times out of 10 means the the bearings are done for or close to !  

[Chryco Psycho]

Mancini has billet water necks , that is the most common place to leak