What am i missing? leaking coolant:(

[supraGhost]

I dont know if i am totally overlooking something obvious here.


i noticed my coolant was slowly leaking out of my car. i pinpointed the location to the waterpump and figured the gasket was bad. i pulled it off and put a new gasket in. when i put everything back together its still leaks! maybe even worse!

the leak looks like it is coming from under the waterpump, right where i cant really see well. it also leaks very very slowly unless i take the radiator cap off. then it jsut like runs out freely.

almost like there is a crack in the water pump but i would have seen that when i had taken it out.

any ideas?

 

[j3pz]

same thing happened when my water pump went out. should have just replaced it when you had it out, not an expensive part to replace.

 

[suprahero]

It has a weep hole or something in it and when it goes bad it will leak. You will need a new or rebuilt waterpump.

 

[Poodles]

It has a weep hole or something in it and when it goes bad it will leak. You will need a new or rebuilt waterpump.

+1

Seals are gone in the waterpump, replace it as they usually go because the bearing go first.

 

[supraGhost]

wouldnt there be play in it? cause there was no play whatsoever. i specifically remember wiggling it around to see if it was good and it did not move in/out or back and forth.


lucky for me i actually have an extra one if that is the problem.

 

[chopstickz]

check your 90 bend coolant pipe. touch it too

 

[supraGhost]

check your 90 bend coolant pipe. touch it too

what is this^^? and where is it located?

 

[chopstickz]

when ur facing your car from the front. it should be on your left close to you. its under lots of other lines and such so you cant really see it that well.

 

[supraGhost]

is that the official term for it? i will try to find it in the tsrm after work.

 

[chopstickz]

i doubt it. its just a coolant hose with a 90degree bend

 

[supraGhost]

do i need to take off the belt and fan etc to get to it?

 

[87supraturbo19]

Same place as mine man! mine is leaking between block and timing belt case. Its leaking right behind the water pump. It has taken me several hours to pin point its location with a pressurizer and an inspection mirror. now I cant fix it without taking half of the motor apart.

 

[supraGhost]

wait! haha.... so what is it?

 

[supraGhost]

jsut pulled it off and im 90% sure its that little hole underneath it. why is that hole there anyway?

 

[j3pz]

to let you know to replace it is a pretty good guess imo

 

[HommerSimpson]

the weep hole is there to let you know that the seals are bad.. once the seal goes the bearings go shortly after... if not for the weep hole people would drive around till the fan came off and goes threw radiator...
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