Thread: cant figure out where this leak is coming from.

check your plastic elbow off the belt side of the manifold, if thats dry, take the belt off and see if the water pump pulley has side to side play, like grab the pulley with both hands one on each side and push and pull it towards the engine and away.

if its loose you found your leak. they leak from a weep hole on the bottom of the pully snout.

that clean part is the motor mount bucket, the coolant is running straight down into it and leaking from there.

is it coming from the water pump itself or around it... could be a waterpump gasket blown out

Originally Posted by Drews

the elbows fine and there isnt any play i the pulley but theres definaely some coolan under the pulley snout.... how would i go about fixing? new water pump?

yup its a easy fix. remember to break the 4 bolts on the pulley loose first before you take the belt off. the 4 long bolts you need to clean them up some and slap some thread sealer on the treads, they go right into the block into a coolant passage. coolant will leak out when you remove these bolts. also make sure all the old gasket is removed or it will leak.

looks like this off.



and like this with a new one on.

well you could check the belt while you have it off, flip it groves out bend it over a finger and see if its got cracks and chunks missing, if so replace it, tune ups are always a good idea if its been a while, oil change, oil filter. fuel filter, maintenance lists go on for days lol

oh i had to unbolt my power steering pump to get to one of the 4 large bolts, not sure if you will need to or not being a n/a motor.

you kinda see it dropped in the first pic.

i used a stubby wrench on that one scotty.... idk maybe it was me.. it wasnt that hard

oh ok then you will also need a t 55 to get the idler pulley off thats blocking the long bolts on the right side of the pump lol, i had to walk to the parts store to buy a new one, my old one was broke and would not catch at all.