Leaking The Green Stuff!

[JoeHoe_SHO]

Well...I think I did this one to myself. It all started after I played a little cat and mouse w/a Civic...a nice little trip up to 130(fast civic) and when I got home, I saw steam coming from the passenger side of the engine bay. My first thought was waterpump headbang But...

When I had a waterpump fail on my former 93 ATX, I could see the coolent dripping on the subframe and the engine temp was higher than normal. This time, I see no drips from the water pump, but there is coolent leaking from the general area...The steam appears that it is coming from the waterpump but like I said, I don't see any temp. changes or anything like that.

I am leaking coolent though, I just don't know where it is coming from. Does a waterpump slowly die before it fails? Could it be anything else? I tired to investigate the matter to the best of my ability, but I cannot find the leak. I'm thinking it is my waterpump...but I'm in denial, I don't want to change my waterpump...I'm sure you guys understand why.

I don't see any coolent on my CPS, any of the plastic down there, subframe, and the coolent is coming from the waterpump/powersteering resevour/radiator hose area but I can't identify the leak.

Any help is appreciated...


Side note- My powersteering was feeling a little funky...but then I added some fluid and it seemed to take care of problem...don't think that had anything to do w/coolent leak...but it may have...and it looks like I could have a small leak in my power steering cooler, but I think I temp. took care of that one using that Valvoline synthetic leak stopping stuff in the red bottle...ya know

 

[sdpatt]

The water pump leak first shows up at the bottom of the lower timing belt cover as a drip that ends up on the front bank catalytic converter. It cuold also be the lower radiator hose or the seals between the pump and the block or outlet tube.

 

[Freak SHO]

Joe,

Check your heater-box drain, on the p/s firewall, just below the a/c condenser line. If it's leaking there, your heater core is at fault.

Running with a Civic up to 130?? What, were you towing him? lol

 

[JoeHoe_SHO]

I hope its the hose...I'm almost convinced now that it is not the waterpump as I have not seen any coolent on the lower timing belt cover...

BTW- Welcome back Scott...good trip?

I hope it is not the heater core...that is a pain to fix and it costs a lot to have someone else do. I've heard its anywhere from 250 to 500 bones for labor cry

I ran the Civic mostly in 5th (from 80) he started pulling at around 100, then I down shifted into fourth and it was over then. I don't usually "race" cars like that...but this kid in the Civic started behind me and passed me like he "blew me away" kindda thing, so I SHOwed him the deal...passed him very easy and I downshifted into fourth when he had about a car and a half on me. Not really a **** in my book...everyone should know that a SHO will easily beat a stock civic...rather badly too I might add

<small>[ June 09, 2003, 06:11 PM: Message edited by: JoeHoe_SHO ]</small>