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foncarelli 05-08-2006 01:28 PM

Leaking Antifreeze
 
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I just discovered this leak. Is it my water pump?

MattJ 05-08-2006 01:42 PM

It appears to be leaking all along the lines of that gasket right there. Could be a faulty gasket, mabye a crack somewhere.

foncarelli 05-08-2006 01:49 PM


Originally Posted by MattJ
It appears to be leaking all along the lines of that gasket right there. Could be a faulty gasket, mabye a crack somewhere.

If there was a crack, wouldnt it be leaking oil? The antifreeze starts to trickle when the cars is running.

MattJ 05-08-2006 01:53 PM

Hard to tell without actually seeing everything there.

foncarelli 05-08-2006 01:56 PM


Originally Posted by MattJ
Hard to tell without actually seeing everything there.

Its got to be the water pump. I am not even running hot.

venom 05-08-2006 02:52 PM

If you have plastic intake pre 2001 it may be cracked. If you have antifreeze above the water pump it could be intake or coolant hose that goes under the intake. Get a flash light and peak under the intake and see if you see coolant

Saleen S330 05-08-2006 03:04 PM


Originally Posted by venom
If you have plastic intake pre 2001 it may be cracked. If you have antifreeze above the water pump it could be intake or coolant hose that goes under the intake. Get a flash light and peak under the intake and see if you see coolant

Yeah, look in the valley for coolant, might have to remove the alt if it's hard to check. Also clean it all off with some running water, then start your car and look for the coolant leaking out. The water pump has a weep hole and if coolant is coming from there, then that's the problem

foncarelli 05-08-2006 03:06 PM


Originally Posted by venom
If you have plastic intake pre 2001 it may be cracked. If you have antifreeze above the water pump it could be intake or coolant hose that goes under the intake. Get a flash light and peak under the intake and see if you see coolant

Nope, no coolant above the water pump.
I will look for a crack on the plastic intake? Can the crack be internal?

foncarelli 05-08-2006 03:30 PM

Ok , i just let the car run for 5 mins. The leak is coming from under crankshaft. I cant see behind the water pump which is directly above the crank.

I am going to start wrenching now, just to make sure. Well, i might as well take care of all my installs while the car is down.

Might look into electric water pump.

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spike_africa 05-08-2006 05:27 PM

then it might be the pump gasket blew out. Best thing to do is pull the water pump and go from there, let us know what happens.

lizardbreath 05-08-2006 10:28 PM

Easily an H20 Pump Gasket to leak that amount of anti-freese. That's a relatively easy fix...just put a bucket underneath the waterpump so you don't get coolant all over your driveway.

foncarelli 05-08-2006 10:36 PM


Originally Posted by lizardbreath
Easily an H20 Pump Gasket to leak that amount of anti-freese. That's a relatively easy fix...just put a bucket underneath the waterpump so you don't get coolant all over your driveway.

Yep, already took it off. Now what do you think about an electric water pump?

lizardbreath 05-08-2006 10:41 PM


Originally Posted by foncarelli
Yep, already took it off. Now what do you think about an electric water pump?

.....meh why bother? How many miles is on that pump? Ford makes pretty good h20 pumps.

foncarelli 05-08-2006 10:54 PM


Originally Posted by lizardbreath
.....meh why bother? How many miles is on that pump? Ford makes pretty good h20 pumps.

36k... and i just changed the altenator last year.


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