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Old 03-15-2014, 08:05 PM
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Please take a look at the picture and share your advice. It is a very slow drip. If I don't drive the car for a week or two, I'll find literally one drop on the garage floor.
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Old 03-15-2014, 08:24 PM
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Kind of hard to see, but could be the coolant drain plug
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get the car on a lift
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Hard to tell but it looks like it's in the area of the water pump. Has that been changed?
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get a pressure test done to locate/identify the cause of the leak.
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Originally Posted by FLY996
Hard to tell but it looks like it's in the area of the water pump. Has that been changed?
+1 That would be the first place I would look.
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The water pump has not been changed, yet... Thanks to all.
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I saw coolant level going down recently after run up the mountains - and spotted a small drip at bottom of water pump. Figured pump was going - so time to replace pump and thermostat - new gaskets. Hopefully that was the issue and my problem is fixed (See my last posting in the "can't get water pump out" thread for details.....



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