I recently have done a timing belt and waterpump change, and it has been riding 3k miles great until now when i noticed that coolant is disappearing from the reservoir tank. I looked underneath the car and drop of coolant drops like every 3 seconds. The coolant will last me like 2 days and then i have to fill it up. My engine doesnt over heat and runs normal. When i looked underneath the car the drops were coming from the waterpump. Today i decided to take everything apart and see whats going on so i did and it appears that the coolant is coming out from the most random spot ever. Please see pics below and tell me what you think and what i should do..

This is my waterpump on my car... you can see the stained parts kinda but i circled the hole that its most likely coming out off or atleast it looks like it.. I dont think the bearrings already went bad and are leaking because the waterpump wasnt making any noises and it spins perfect


i circled the area on this one aswell...


I really hope i dont have to buy a new waterpump ...

 

That area you have circled is the weep hole. The seals are probably bad for that is where the coolant leaks from when the seals go bad.

I would get a quality German made pump If the one you installed is not. Finding more & more problems with cheep Chinese parts.

Mike

 

**** i dont really want to take off the timing belt again and buy a new tensioner to install the pump... Crap i guess i should have bought a more expensive pump : / Is there anything i can do or is it pretty much a replacement type of thing now

 

Yeah I did some researching and its leaking through the weep hole. The pump runs smooth doesn't wobble or make noise and the sad part is that its already bad after running only 3000 miles, if even : / Is there anyway the pump can go out without removing the timing belt?

 

You'll have to pull the belt off to change the pump if it's driven off the timing belt. Even if it's not, the t-belt runs in front of it so you'll have to remove it. You can reuse the tensioner though - take it off and VERY SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY compress the piston in a vise, and re-pin it.

 

I guess its time to order a new water pump tomorrow :/

 

It is definitely a problem with the seals. But it's surprising that the seals went off so early. It seems the pump you chose was not good. Prefer buying a good quality water pump so that this doesn't happen again. If you are looking to buy one, you can get quality 2000 Audi A4 Water Pump easily. I always prefer to buy from here.

 

im just gonna grab one from a local parts store so i dont have to wait for it too ship, im just really surprised that the seals broke so early i dont even know how it could happen, thanks though