Mine is leaking too. I'm at 67,000 miles. This really seems to easy. I thought the engineers that design vehicles make everything a PITA on purpose.

 

I've been having random engine related issues on my 2007 Unlimited now at 50,000.
Tomorrow I'm replacing the water pump after a sight leak has developed now into a substantial one.

 

Thanks for the thread! I am not a mechanic, so this really helped to convince me to do it myself.

 

Great write up! Mine started leaking at 49k. I called the dealer and found out it was covered under the lifetime powertrain warranty! I was all set to use this thread as my instruction sheet.

 

Wow that is par

 

Mine went out at 36,006 miles.

 

Why are these water pumps going so early? Is it more of a gasket issue than anything else? I have searched and there does not seem to be any high flow upgrade yet. If anybody has found an alternative...post it up

 

Ours went out at 17,000 miles, noticed a puddle under it. Interestingly enough, the front main seal went out at 21,000 miles. Check for rust on the crank behind the balancer as I suspect the dripping WP ate up the crank and wiped out the seal.
Cheers.

 

Turned the black screw 1/4 turn (until heavy resistance) uncapped radiator still not a drop of coolant. Am I missing something?

 

I'm glad you showed how easy it is to do, so folks can save some money. A while back someone on this forum was saying that their dealer quoted $1200 to replace the pump, so at say even $100 per hour labor that's still like 10 hours work and $200 the dealer would charge for the part, which in reality is $50 bucks and an hour or two labor max!