My husband and I worked on our 2006 Dodge Grand Caravan 3.3L. We followed this video step by step. Mechanics quoted us over $500. We spent less than $~150-200 doing it ourselves! We parked at an O'Reilly's and with their permission spent around 6 hours in their back parking lot. It was very helpful because if we needed something my husband just ran into the store to buy it. We thankfully didn't need to drop the engine, just wiggled the piece out. Such a relief. Some bolts were harder to get to than others on the water pump but in the end it all seems to be working out. One thing is we forgot to fully tighten the pulley afterwards and it produced a rattling sound. My genius husband figured it out though and we took everything apart again and tightened it. Seems to be working fine now.

Thanks!!! Huge help in me replacing the water pump in our '05!!! Note the might helps others - you can do this without lowering the engine. You need to get the water pump bolts out while moving the pulley around and then remove it all together. I also found it VERY helpful to have ratchet box wrench 10mm and 13mm and a small 1/4" drive ratchet/sockets to get at the water pump bolts.

This is one of the best Car Repair videos I have ever seen. Well done! Many Thanks

PIPE WRENCH will work on belt tensioner with no prying. Open the wrench to fit the square part of tensioner, slide it on and pull on the wrench handle.

Wow! Totally impressed by your clarity of expression and camera work! This is what a how-to video should be like. Thank you.

1 - You do not need to drop the engine! The slots in the water pump pulley allow it to slide over the mounting arms towards the pump, then it can drop down with the pump. 2 - A pipe wrench will fit on that tensioner easy peasy

Amazing video. I just changed my water pump. Did everything step by step just like in the video. Thank you

For the tension pulley I used a 15 millimeter wrench and pull back on it from under the hood to get the belt off much easier

Thanks for the video Fox, I'm going to replace my wifes van pump tomorrow (2005) , you've given me a good starting point!!!!! Hopefully the engine does'nt have to be dropped as others have stated! Thanks again.

Thank you for this video save me $500 at the shop did it myself for the cost of the water pump and supplies cost me around $35! Life saver! If you think you can't do it you can! Only took me about 2 hours!

Dropping the Engine helped me maneuver the pulley out so I had great access to the water pump bolts. A small push on the engine towards the driver side helped also, just remember how the pulley came out for replacement. Dropping the engine was no big deal, it did help especially when extracting the broken screw. The screw was at the 8 o'clock position. I had one bolt break and a 2 hour job turned into 12. Grr. All was well at the end. I replaced the metal pipe which was leaking also. Great Video, thanks!

You should really teach all these other fucks on youtube how to properly make a part replacement video cause this 5 min video was absolutely perfect instructions!! Good job and thank you my friend! 2 thumbs up

Easy enough thanks for the video, I helped a buddy do this over the weekend on a junk van he got for free. Even with dropping the engine a bit the we couldn't take the pully off so we just worked around it to get to the water pump bolts. I was able to get a lifetime warranty pump at o'reillys for about 30 bucks plus 10 bucks in coolant after taxes it was under 50 for something a shop would do for no less then 300. The coolant pipe by the pump looks like it's in bad shape and will need replacing soon due to rust if you're in there consider looking at it and maybe replacing it.

Very nice video, right from the start, nice diagnostics, and no time wasted unscrewing nuts and bolts and moaning and groaning and crying about everything under the sun. Thank you.

I just got done with this job. many many MANY thanks for this video. it made the job quick and easy. thank you

I replaced my water pump without lowering the engine. I only needed about 1/4 inch more clearance to install the new pump. I took a pry bar and very carefully wedged it between the engine and the frame. I was able to get just enough movement from the motor mounts to fit the pump in.

That was clear, concise, and effective. Thank you very much, sir.

This looks easy me and my husband is about to try it wish us luck 😅

Very helpful! I just changed the water pump on a 2001 3.8 T&C. I got the bolts removed (with a small ratchet with 10mm socket) but had to lower the engine to get the pump out. Then I got the belt back on my going under the idler pulley at the top after threading all the other pulleys.

Every time I change oil on my 2006 caravan, I spray the metal radiator tube with Fluid Film, to prevent rust and leakage from that metal tube. I live in rust belt and it prevents rust on that tube. I don’t think Fluid Film will injure rubber coolant hose, but I avoid spraying the rubber nonetheless.

Wonderful video. Very clear. No camera shake. You're a pro! Thanks for the video post!

Thank you for the video and your excellent explanations. My water pump sounds just like yours. The exchange looks doable but I am pretty scared by loosening and lowering the engine. We'll see.

Caravans have cheap water pumps! Plan to replace about every 3 years! I carry spare in my van! Sometimes the plastic impeller will break and cause engine overheat! James

Good videos very concise and short to the point and lights using lights very good well lit

I like it. Clear and simple instructions. Nicely done!

What a great video. Other peoples' comments also suggest other things to look out for. Not sure I'll do this myself on 2005 Caravan if I have to drop the engine, but your video is very clear.

Excellently done video, Thanks. Hardest to reach bolt resisted the most, sprayed and ran in and out several times, working in the liquid wrench, finally they came out without braking off. For some reason my engine drops only a 1/4.inch I have blocked the vehicle up so the wheels are just touching the ground. Maybe that is somehow interfering with it coming down. I'll try pulling the pump and pully together out. Wish me luck

Trey Baez, you could also be leaking at the heater core which is usually on the inside passenger side against the firewall. Your carpet would be damp or wet and you would smell coolant. Turn on your defrost and if it clouds up your window your heater core might be the problem

Great job, just doing this now and feel a lot more confident, THANK YOU!!

Those 10mm bolts corrode and break easily! Use a penetrant (PB Blaster or Aerocroil) on them before trying to remove them. Others have replaced them with Grade 8 bolts. Also AC Delco (RockAuto) makes a pump with a cast iron impeller (instead of the cheap plastic on the oem part)

Very helpful. Just removed mine two hours ago. Agree with Kianna Love that there is no need to drop the engine. Although I did break one of the 10mm bolts. **sigh**

Clear and concise! Very well done. Thx for posting!!

Awesome i did it exactly as you showed thanks for the video.

Thanks for a short easy video

excellent video, quick and right to the point

Thank you so much! I had it done in five hours by myself... never done it before. you are a great help and this was an excellent video. thank you so much again

Very helpful

YOU DO NOT NEED TO DROP THE ENGINE -AGAIN - After unbolting the pulley, the slots allow it to be pushed towards the water pump, then lowered off together.

This video is still useful! Thanks you!

You made it look so easy. Thanks.

Very good

at least the pump is not driven by the timing belt.

Awesome Tutorial vid production. You will go far.

Thanku for the video , saved me alot of trouble and cussing

On the 2000, 3.3 liter Caravan there is no need to lower or raise the engine to change the water pump.

Thank you

That was great video and and very informative! I'm going to replace my 06 Dodge Grand Caravan water pump myself and save some money$$$

This is a great video, thank you

its very great you took your time and made this video... this video very encouraging and thank you

Fantastic video man

Where did you place the block of wood to lift engine? Oil pan? Wouldn’t it crush oil pan? Thanks for a very good video!

Thanks, very useful video. Now I know what to do : )

Awesome

The first and last thing to do is lower the engine, all aspects of this operation are easier with the engine lowered including reinstalling the belt...

Very good video! To bad they don't teach those college boy designers how to make things right where there is more room to maintain these new offbreed vehicles.

thanks very successful

Thank you. I just replaced the pump on mine. I had the 5 bolts on the pump body hard to turn all the way out especially the rearmost one and it broke off. Oops! I could have gotten to the end of tthat screw with some WD-40 as the threaded hole seems to go all the way through the casting that the pump bolts to. Maybe this will help someone. Hopefully mine will work with 4 bolts.

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The best most concise video I’ve seen. I always make mine to long. 😂

I WAS kinda stressing doing mine , but , not so much now , T U 🤙

Great Video thanks 🙏

Well I knew something was going to go wrong one of my bolts to the pulley is broken we are having trouble getting it off

Blue

Excellent!

thanks this really helped!!

very good video!

ur the man my wife is no longer going to kill me

Thank You!

excellant

me ayudaste de mucho gracias

very nice video very clean you could see the actual work . what is the approximate time to do a job like that ?

Should you wait for the RTV sealant to dry before proceeding?

very good video but didnt show tuffer to get at bolts on pump!

I've got coolant leaking from somewhere up near the water pump on a 2003 Caravan. I don't have any unusual noises though. It could be coming from the pump shaft seal I suppose, but I've heard that the rubber o-ring on the back end of metal tube is also a prime suspect on these vehicles. I'm not sure what to do. I could change both the o-ring and the pump together while I've got the system drained. Or do the o-ring first, then the pump if the leak doesn't stop? Decisions, decisions.

nice job but what happens when you break a bolt on pump drilling out was a pain

Your videos all right but you didn’t show how to get the back bolts off

i have a question, where else can water leak from on a 2001 dodge grand caravan, besides radiator, head casket, water pump and and hoses.

If your Dodge Grand Caravan is leaking as someone mentioned below and you have checked "every where" try looking at the rear heater hose and find the valve. They crack real easy, and you are going to have to do some detective to get the Mopar part. Looks like this ----> www.partsgeek.com/assets/dimage/thumb/1015082.jpg

Well, I lower the engine in order to install the water pump but I over did it for about an inch or 1.5 inches when I lift it up to install the three engine lock down bolts. However, everything works just fine right now. I am worried I might have damaged something I don't know. Is there anything I need to check to know for sure? Thanks!

You were able to have enough room to get to the pump through the wheel well without jacking the van up?

Fox do you have to jack the engine on a 98 dodge carvan 3.0? . does anyone know? And is the pump on the passager side or driver side i jsut need to know location . i believe its driver side

2009 vw routan 4.0 sel. same as Caravan. car is overheating. fluid level is good. temp is jumpy. new radiator 3mo ago. had a ypipe leak that I couldn't find. ran tapwater for a week before I could find the leak. drained the water. replaced fluid with correct stuff. was good for a few days and now have overheating. temp is jumpy if you watch the gauge. HOW DO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE between a water pump problem vs radiator clog from tapwater vs thermostat??? help me please

Thank you.

Is the ear on the tensor on a 05 model?

It appears you didn't elevate the vehicle or remove the tire. Am I correct? Not judging you on this, I ask because I would love to not have to do those things.

Does anyone know if this is the same as a 1999 Caravan? If not, what is the difference? Thank you

did not show how to get at that pump bolt on the left upper side -you need to reach in and contort your arm

Hi, great video, please tell me, which model engine is this? mine is the 2.4 petrol, is this the same? thank you

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*******Only video you should watch if you changing water pump and serpainteen belt*******

2000 not the same? uses same pump?

im doing everything to the letter and everything is working i jus cant get the tensioner down at all

What is the engine mounting bolts torque?

If I did it anyone can do it!

i have oily water would be a symptom of a bad water pump?

Oh SNAP I forgot to put the water back in

That sucked. Pry bars didn't do much... I used a bar clamp on the harmonic balancer. Took much longer than I would have liked.

Looks easy enough, but the bit where you unbolt and lower the engine makes me a tad nervous.

2008 is different

Nope.. lowering the motor, and it was a no.