[ajsr]

hey guys
I have a hidden coolant leak. its a g16b motor
Its not the pipe out of back of the water pump or any of the hoses that I can see.
I nearly seems to be coming from under the timing belt cover??
where are the common spots for them to leak?
not I'd normally be the first to say put a pressure tester on It but I dont really need to as its leaking I just cannot see where.
suggestions.

[royce]

there is a lot of water pump under the timing cover

[ajsr]

yeah right
its only happening when the system pressurises
so it could well be under the cover, because fucked if I can see where its coming from.
fuck it now I'm going to have to pull the shit box apart again
only drove it for an hour too

[ajsr]

is it worth putting a gasket on a 85,000km pump??
or just arsehole the pump like my gut feeling

[Scrawny]

Did you replace water pump?

[royce]

i'd ditch the pump and timing belt at those km

[ajsr]

no I didnt touch any of that area.
If I going to pull it all apart I may as well do a tbelt as well

[alien]

i had a leak on the lower front hose which only appeared under pressure, and it squirted a fine mist of coolant to the back of the block... was looking all over the place before i noticed it when i had my arm in there and my arm got wet! lol

there was no white crusties at all around the leak, which was a pinhole right against the hose clamp.

[ajsr]

alien wrote:

i had a leak on the lower front hose which only appeared under pressure, and it squirted a fine mist of coolant to the back of the block... was looking all over the place before i noticed it when i had my arm in there and my arm got wet! lol

there was no white crusties at all around the leak, which was a pinhole right against the hose clamp.

no this is somewher I cant see, I'm pretty good at finding shit like that

[christover1]

I replaced my water pump while engine was in bits.
Was very cheap from the local auto shop.
Forget exact price, but I was suitably surprised.
edit; found reciept
$55 brand new (with a trade/regular discount)

[DAZOOK]

Stick ya fingers behind the pulley as far as you can go.. there is a drain hole there to let ya know that the seal on the water pump shaft seal has given up the ghost