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Feb 15, 2004 | 10:33 PM

Griswold

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Water Pump Help

My car has developed a very slow coolant leak which appears to be coming from the water pump. It only leaks when running and leaks maybe 2-6oz of coolant on a normal day of 30+ miles commuting. I pulled the water pump off last weekend and replaced both gaskets but it is still leaking somehow. It looks like it is coming from the drivers side and running down the front of the block next to the alternator and dripping into the k member and then to the ground. I don't know why it is still leaking after replacing the gaskets. Is there another seal or something I am missing on the pump? Any help would be appreciated because this is getting very frustrating. Oh yeah, I changed the oil a week after changing the gaskets and there was no coolant in the oil.

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Jack

Feb 16, 2004 | 12:58 AM

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Feb 16, 2004 | 09:07 AM

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There is a weep hole on the water pump that will start to leak if the internal seals in the pump went bad. I doubt theres anything you can do about it other than replace the whole pump....Meziere, here you come!

Feb 16, 2004 | 09:39 AM

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do you know what part of the pump the weep hole is on? I was hoping to avoid having to replace the whole pump but it is looking like that is what I am going to do.