Waterpump

[olddirtyrake]

I have a coolant leak coming through the timing cover and I cant tell if its coming from the waterpump gasket or the weeping hole on the underside of the water pump. I have the water pump off and it seems like its working fine. Is there any sign or way you can tell if the waterpump is shot or leaking through weep hole? its on the underside so I cant observe it while its running.

[unccpathfinder]

its off...replace it...replace the cam seals and timing belt while your in there...it'd suck to put a new gasket on and then find out its actually a bad water pump...better to be safe than sorry

[nunya]

Agree, if you got it off, your better off just replacing it. Piece of mind knowing both the gasket and pump are new is priceless compared to "should I have..." For like $40(plus shipping) you can get pump & gasket from rockauto.com (just looked) and who knows if you call your local parts stores, could be cheaper...

[olddirtyrake]

Ya I replaced it, 2rd time im going into the T-belt Theres not going to be a 3rd. 1st time everything went great until I noticed cam seals were leaking. 2nd time I didnt use a 22 pound weight to check deflection I just used twist method and it was to tight so I went and got the right tension on.

Question does anyone know if the passenger side farthest back exhaust manafold bolt can be drilled and tapped without taking the head off?

[unccpathfinder]

Sure anything is possible...u will need a 90 driLl for sure