PlanZero
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OK I searched and just found similar symptoms but no one came back and said their wp died suddenly.
As I'm sure you know, on the gates water pump instructions it claims some occasional seepage from the pump weep holes is normal.
Here's the deal. I picked up this Spyder from a kid who basically got scammed. When he bought the car 5 months earlier it needed a water pump and didn't run. He found a guy to do the whole timing job including parts for $500. Obviously this should've raised a flag. So he gets the car back, runs fine, and his buddy pulls the timing cover and sees the belt isn't new. Pump appears new, and no overheating or coolant issues. So the kid goes back to the shop and the owner tells him the mechanic took off to Puerto Rico with a bunch of tools. So obviously the mechanic just slipped the belt off and put it back on.
So I have the car, put some work into her and she runs great. My gf dailies her. Planned on either doing or paying for a whole timing job once I have time. Now situations have changed and there's a chance I may be selling the car in a month or so, so I wasn't planning on doing much more for maintenance.
So today I go to the garage and there's a puddle of coolant directly under the water pump about the size of a salad plate. My gf had the car so I told her to check the coolant reservoir and under the cap and look under the car. Everything was fine. She drove it home and the coolant is literally still at the line from when I filled it weeks ago. Pipe o ring is dry. Oddly, it appears there is some coolant around the top weep hole? I thought that was a vent? After an hour, still nothing. Started the car for a bit, nothing. Took it for a drive, nothing.
Similar threads ask the same question, with the usual reply of change the pump, yet others say they had it happen and it never happened again!
As I'm sure you know, on the gates water pump instructions it claims some occasional seepage from the pump weep holes is normal.
Here's the deal. I picked up this Spyder from a kid who basically got scammed. When he bought the car 5 months earlier it needed a water pump and didn't run. He found a guy to do the whole timing job including parts for $500. Obviously this should've raised a flag. So he gets the car back, runs fine, and his buddy pulls the timing cover and sees the belt isn't new. Pump appears new, and no overheating or coolant issues. So the kid goes back to the shop and the owner tells him the mechanic took off to Puerto Rico with a bunch of tools. So obviously the mechanic just slipped the belt off and put it back on.
So I have the car, put some work into her and she runs great. My gf dailies her. Planned on either doing or paying for a whole timing job once I have time. Now situations have changed and there's a chance I may be selling the car in a month or so, so I wasn't planning on doing much more for maintenance.
So today I go to the garage and there's a puddle of coolant directly under the water pump about the size of a salad plate. My gf had the car so I told her to check the coolant reservoir and under the cap and look under the car. Everything was fine. She drove it home and the coolant is literally still at the line from when I filled it weeks ago. Pipe o ring is dry. Oddly, it appears there is some coolant around the top weep hole? I thought that was a vent? After an hour, still nothing. Started the car for a bit, nothing. Took it for a drive, nothing.
Similar threads ask the same question, with the usual reply of change the pump, yet others say they had it happen and it never happened again!
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