Good evening fellows, I just want to let you know what happened lately to my beloved friend born in 2006 and is currently waiting in the driveway. It started with a small leak about 5 days ago, dripping aprox. 20-25 per min. It's coolant, I tasted it and it's leaking in a specific spot on the ground right bellow the serpentine belt on the passenger side(forward of course).
This morning I started the engine and it wasn't dripping anymore, it was flowing while a rattling noise could be heard from about the same zone(forward right) and after hoping on top I could see abnormal movement of two of the pulleys that the belt goes on, a smaller one in the center and the other on the passenger's side, don't know their name. I did some reading here and I figure that should be the bell and most likely the water pump but not 100% sure yet. My radiator is more than half empty and after looking for a while, I wasn't able to pinpoint the leak or the rattling noise, just localized it.
Sharing of similar experience and repair history is more than welcome. Thank you in advance. I will post my next steps when taken.

2006 Ram 2500 TurboDiesel 4x4 Thunderroad Package, Automatic Tranny

 

sounds like water pump. if you have 2 pullies, the idler pully may be bad too.

 

Probably is. Still trying to locate water pump. I don't have a belt diagram on my truck. Also trying to make sure that is the idle pulley and why is woabling like that.

 

By the way, does anybody knows about the warranty on this things? Is the the water pump under the power train 100k miles/5y warranty coverage? Any deductible or the dealer repairs at no cost ? Truck has 70k miles.

 

Lost my water pump at 529,000 on Saturday.

It is located toward the middle of the engine, behind the Alternator.

 

It was the water pump, RIP. Took the truck to the dealer Saturday and they changed it free of charge unde the 100k Power Train Warranty. Truck had 69k miles and the original W pump.