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So, I went out to fix the pcv line after doing the plenum swap and I'm giving the car the once over when I get shot in the face by some kind of liquid. The car was running and I was looking at the accessory belt when it happened. It's definitely antifreeze and it looks like its dripping off the corner of the oil pan. I'll get pics in a minute. It certainly doesn't look like a lower intake leak. FWIW, I don't have the chocolate milk in my oil and from what I can tell the coolant looks good. Nothing I touched yesterday would cause this. I wonder why all of the sudden what ever it is just decided to leak.
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I really can't tell where it's coming from. It seemed to have stopped though. All I was doing was letting the car idle. I think I'm going to go get some deathcool to add to the reservoir. I'll see if it's leaked anymore when I come back. It's hard to drive the car when you know something is probably wrong with it.Last edited by whitelightnin04MC; 08-19-2007, 01:03 PM. -
Leak looks to be from the water pump. Simple job, but one question. Should I opt for a delco/dealer part or will an auto parts chain equivalent be ok. The only reason I ask is because it is sunday and the only places open are the chain stores.Comment
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id go for the chain store water pump they are anywhere from 14 bucks to 29.99 I bought a one year warrn. water pump two years ago and only paid like 15 bucks for it and it is still holding up and plus this is such an easy water pump to do you wont be killing ur self or tieing up allot of time if the reman ends up leaking on u1997 Chevrolet Camaro 30th Anniversary 5Speed.
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Waterpump leak? Look under your hook at the fire blanket, does it look like some sort of liquid has been slung all across under there? Right above where the belt spins? Most of the time when the waterpump leaks, it will leak onto the belt and get thrown up onto the underside of the hood and it will dry onto the fire blanket.
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I put a $15 Autozone water pump on my '94 Corsica- about 6 years and 50,000 miles ago. Still works fine.Comment
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Thanks all you guys. Problem is solved. Got a 23 dollar pump from autozone and about 40 minutes later, all is good. I couldn't seem to find the leak on the pump once we got it out. Not sure if I would be able to or not, but there was some play in the bearings. Maybe it was leaking out through the shaft.Comment
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There is a hole in the bottom by the shaft, that when the bearings start going bad, this is usually where it leaks (and sometimes only under pressure). Makes it hard to tell, I agree. My water pump went when I was at the track 50mi away, good thing for AAA. When it did, I couldn't for the life of me figure where it was comming from, and like all the other times I've had this happen, it was the pump.Originally posted by whitelightnin04MC View PostComment
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Yep. You're good to go.sigpic
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Are you referring to the weep hole? Because the papers that came with it said to install the weep hole facing up. Either way, the crap was leaking down the front of the impeller just behind the pulley. I'm just so glad it wasn't the LIM. I'm not looking forward to that job at all.Originally posted by ForcedFirebird View PostComment
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Yes, the weep hole. I could have sworn my faced down, but it could be different on FWD's.Originally posted by whitelightnin04MC View PostComment
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Could be. The haynes manual (I know I knowOriginally posted by ForcedFirebird View Post
) says to have the weep hole face up as well. Could be a FWD vs RWD thing like you said.
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In all my years of working on cars, heavy trucks, tractors, forklifts, backhoes, bobcats, buses, oil rigs, diesel generators, cranes, log skidders, crawlers, excavators, rollers, swathers, combines, frac pumps, telehandlers, and pickups... I've NEVER seen a weep hole facing up- they've ALL pointed either down or to the side. That's just wierd.
It's been several years since I replaced the water pump on the ol' Corsica... and I'll admit that I don't recall which way the weep hole pointed... but I think I would've remembered that. Probably nothing will come of it either way, though.Comment
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The weep hole was cast into the housing of the impeller. There is no way I could have installed it upsidedown, and I'm sure the FWD pumps are the same way, but who knows.Originally posted by tractorman View PostComment
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Agreed. If the pump only installs one way, then the weep hole is in the top on my car.Originally posted by ForcedFirebird View PostComment
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