Anyone else have the water pump grenade on their 7.3 L diesel? Mine went in a Menards parking lot Saturday night. Never heard it squeal or any of the usual warning signs. I was calling the wife while it idled to tell her I was on my way home. Hung up as it idled rough and then shut it down when bad sounds happened. Looked out to see coolant pouring out. Woops!

I then collected the pieces of the bearing that got chucked on the ground. It was an impressive failure for sure. New pumps are dang expensive. Sadly, the only place open on Sunday is a Chevy dealer. They fixed it right up. I couldn't delay as my wife is 2 weeks away from her due date. We work in opposite directions and I didn't want to be down to one vehicle with her being due so soon.

Runs great now. Sure pissed me off when it went, though. I was about 100 miles short of 129,000 when it went.

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