If it *is* leaking you might want to consider replacing it with a Graf alloy-bodied pump which won’t be affected by heat and exposure to oil, the usual causes of eventual failure of the plastic pumps.
I used a gates water pump on mine and have had no issues
Graf has been pretty good to me.
I have the Graf brand on mine, replaced mine at around 120k miles. It’s aluminum and has aluminum impeller also.
I went with a gates.
I also had the Gates pump leak within 6 months. The input shaft seal was leaking. Gates used to be a great brand but these pumps are garbage.
I’ve gone through about 3 water pumps all within 10-30k kilometres and each time it’s something leaking other than the gaskets. Either the freeze plug starts to leak or the actual water pump does. Luckily i bought it through napa and they’ve been giving me new ones under warranty but the job takes about 4 hours and each time i have to buy new coolant which is starting to get expensive. The cheapest OEM pump i’ve found from mopar was 1000cad which in itself is crazy because the napa/gates are about $170
Good choice on going with Aisin. I had to redo the job on mine after 2 months when the shitty Gates water pump started pissing out the weep hole. Will never buy another Gates pump again.
Did a gates kit on mine. Water pump is leaking after 60k miles.
the metal fins are spot welded like shit on these cheap metal waterpumps. my graf pump also started to leak from the weep hole after a year too
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