Coming home I noticed the Temp guage is high and coolant light is on. I've got coolant coming out from the front lower part of engine!!!
Whats up?

 

Loose coolant can be tightened with special tool 900.34.12.121 Seriously, get under there and check.

 

Water pump!

 

You have three hoses on the front of the engine but if they are sound then more likely than not your water pump just went south. Replacement is the entire timing belt drill. Driving it is not a good idea until you KNOW where it is leaking.

 

C'mon Heirich I'm flustered here!!! LOSING_ LOSING LOSING, my mind!

 

How much damage to the wallet is this? Approx.

 

Water pump isn't that big of a deal to do at home...just take your time...if you pull it all apart, there is lots of room to work...unlike the 944, those are tight.

 

No biggie if you stop now and look. If it's the pump, figure say 500 bucks.

 

Thanks Fella's.
Heinrich that's $500 IF i DO IT!

 

2x-3x that if a shop does it!!

 

Yes, and like $2,000 if someone else does.

 

Or $4,000 to 7,000 if you drive it until it bends the valves........but it COULD be a leaky hose !

 

Every time a P car of mine has puked coolant it's been a hose but that usually happened after a long drive and stopping and parking the car and going out the next day to find the puked coolant.

 

The 1" diameter fill hose that enters the T-stat housing under the top rad hose often grows to more than 1" - and leaks coolant down through the covers just like a pump: Fix ~ $30.
Waterpump - merely a walk in the park for a guy who pulled and rebuilt his auto transmission cost ~ $500 max
Flash light and diagnostic peek - plus a screwdriver to tighten loose clamp: priceless!

 

Yeah, it shouldn't take much more than 9 months.

Not including all the tools and chemicals that I should've had already, I'm probably up to around $700 including upgrading to adjustable cam gears, PorKen's kit for the conversion, oil pump gear, WP and gasket, WP bolts, tensioner and idler pulleys, tensioner rebuild and gasket, TB, and a few other random parts. If your pulleys and gears are still good, it'll probably be under $300.