Today when i was installing my flex fan i saw the belt adjuster to slack up the belt a little but the bolt the goes to the plate goes into the water pump and when i loosend the bolt it started to drip coolant from the pump so i tightend it back up tight and it stooped dripping and was able to fit the belt back on the pulley with the new fan on without loosening the belt but do they normaly drip coolant from loosening the bolt up for the adjuster plate?

 

thats a normall thing. what is the engine? 318?

 

thanks for the quick reply man! so it is a normal thing for the waterpump to drip while loosening for a belt change? it does have the 318 i should have mentioned that earlier.

 

i miss read somehow i was thinking the alt brackets them self that go on the timing chain cover. well there shouldn't be a bolt to adjust the alt that goes that deep into the engine. usually its just 2 bolts. the one that goes through the alt and the one to adjust the alt that's under the pulley area.

 

hmm i think i have you confused sorry, the power steering belt is the one i was workin on that started the drip when loosend the bracket bolt that went into the pump i can take a picture if youd like sorry for the confusion once again this is my first dodge and im new to it and i am learning the car as i go

 

yeah take a pic, that will help, I'm a Lil under the weather too so I'm probably reading it all wrong.
sorry.

 

here you go man this is the bracket for the power steering belt to tighten it the bolt is going into the water pump when loosend it drips from the gasket

 

yes you are okay all mine have leaked from there also. sorry for being so absent minded today.
it is a normal thing, just the nature of it because you have the cooling passages right there to the water pump. as long as it don't leak with the bolts torqued your good to go.

 

Thanks a million man! i really appreciate your help!