AlaskanDsm
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**re-opened thread**
See post #22 for update.
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Okay, So I will give a quick run down, then my thoughts, and looking for anything that I have missed with suggestions or confirmations.
I got to work the other day and I noticed that may car was leaking like crazy from the driver side of my car. I tried to identify the cause of the leak but I knew right away that there was only 2 things that could leak from the area I was looking at. Basically the coolant was running all down the pulleys and all over the belts.
With this knowledge and additional diag of the car without dissassembly, I have narrowed the issue down to the water pump itself. I do not believe that the leak is being caused by the water pipe o-ring due to the fact that the water is running from(what looks like) behind the water pump pulley and not down the pipe itself being as that area faces slightly down towards the front of the car.
Now the other things I have observed safely while car is at idle and verifying the level of the coolant, would be that inspection of the timing belt is DRY! And all the coolant is running down on the outside of the timing cover.
With that being said I feel that I could safely rule out a headgasket or water pump gasket leak. By eliminating those 2, the only 3 other options that I can consider is:
- crack in the water pump
- problem with the seep hole (if it has one?)
- leak from the pulley shaft seal to impeller.
Thoughts? Opinions? Suggestions?
Currently in the process of getting the timing cover off to get a better view of the problem but before I get to it, I just thought I would ask. I am also not unwilling to consider the water pump gasket, just seems unlikely.
Thanks!
**UPDATE**
Well I ripped apart the rest of timing side to get to the water pump and once I got the ALT belt and water pulley back on after getting the timing cover out, I added water to the system, and before I could start it this time, it was running onto the ground!! Got under there and started looking around... the damn seep hole was the cuplrit... Plugged it with my finger and water stopped running... So it looks like I am getting a new water pump.. as well as replacing my timing cover... It has a lot of belt rash on it. Thanks for the help guys!
See post #22 for update.
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Okay, So I will give a quick run down, then my thoughts, and looking for anything that I have missed with suggestions or confirmations.
I got to work the other day and I noticed that may car was leaking like crazy from the driver side of my car. I tried to identify the cause of the leak but I knew right away that there was only 2 things that could leak from the area I was looking at. Basically the coolant was running all down the pulleys and all over the belts.
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With this knowledge and additional diag of the car without dissassembly, I have narrowed the issue down to the water pump itself. I do not believe that the leak is being caused by the water pipe o-ring due to the fact that the water is running from(what looks like) behind the water pump pulley and not down the pipe itself being as that area faces slightly down towards the front of the car.
Now the other things I have observed safely while car is at idle and verifying the level of the coolant, would be that inspection of the timing belt is DRY! And all the coolant is running down on the outside of the timing cover.
With that being said I feel that I could safely rule out a headgasket or water pump gasket leak. By eliminating those 2, the only 3 other options that I can consider is:
- crack in the water pump
- problem with the seep hole (if it has one?)
- leak from the pulley shaft seal to impeller.
Thoughts? Opinions? Suggestions?
Currently in the process of getting the timing cover off to get a better view of the problem but before I get to it, I just thought I would ask. I am also not unwilling to consider the water pump gasket, just seems unlikely.
Thanks!
**UPDATE**
Well I ripped apart the rest of timing side to get to the water pump and once I got the ALT belt and water pulley back on after getting the timing cover out, I added water to the system, and before I could start it this time, it was running onto the ground!! Got under there and started looking around... the damn seep hole was the cuplrit... Plugged it with my finger and water stopped running... So it looks like I am getting a new water pump.. as well as replacing my timing cover... It has a lot of belt rash on it. Thanks for the help guys!
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