Water pump weeped...now doesnt

[Cloudrnnr]

Okay, so I'm tooling along and crack a throttle body water line. Car overheats, but I get the line repaired, refill and she is running fine.

Now 3 weeks later, I find a puddle under the drivers side of the engine, water is a bit low, so I refill. It looks like water was coming out of the water pump weep hole, but isn't now. Any chance it (the water pump) will hold together for a while longer? I'm about to make a military PCS (change of station) and I really don't want to dig into a waterpump/timing belt job until I finish the move. I need to make one 900 mile drive, but I don't need this thing grenading on me before I get there.

 

[romeen]

Same exact thing happened to me. My water pump was leaking for a few weeks (from weep hole as best I can make out). I have been getting ready to do the WP/TB thing. Now it stopped leaking. Not a drop for the last few weeks. I'm not sure what to make of it. I will probably just go ahead and replace it for peace of mind unless someone can lend some insight suggesting it's not necessary.