Water pump seized on a 6.7 Powerstroke at 3 AM

Dead of night on I-81 outside Roanoke. Customer's truck started screaming then quit. That water pump locked up solid. Snapped the serpentine belt and took out the fan clutch too. Had to get a tow to my shop. Anyone else keep a spare pump in their truck now after a roadside failure?

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shane_nguyen4mo ago

You said "anyone else keep a spare pump in their truck now" and honestly I used to think that was overkill. Thought it was just extra weight and clutter. But after seeing this exact thing happen to a buddy on a trip last year I completely changed my mind. He was stuck for 8 hours waiting for a tow and a replacement pump at 2 AM. That experience convinced me that having a spare belt and water pump in the toolbox is worth the space. Now I keep both in my service truck and it's already paid off once. It's just one of those things you don't think about until it happens to you.

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kair654mo ago

Man that 8 hour wait at 2 AM sounds brutal. Your buddy must have been losing his mind out there in the middle of nowhere.

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