well my baby is falling aprat
shes leaking coolant in 2 places
the gasket on the intake manifold and the water pump
a really bad leak, its basicly just pissing out coolant
and i am also leakin power steering fluid and a bit of oil

im also gonna do a timing belt job
boy things just guess worse for me

so im driving a red truck again
i call her big red


its in the shop now so ill keep u guys updated
hopefully it wont take too long

 

Good Luck!!!

 

thanks i hope to get her back soon
casue this trucks drinks gas like nuthing

 

The dealer told me that my water pump is leaking. I've read that I should replace the water pump along with the timing belt and tensioner, but I'm only at 60K miles. Is it worth it to replace the water pump now or can it wait? It doesn't appear to be a very big leak.

 

i had a leak replaced for coolant recently too, it was the coolant flange...? anyway dealer acted like it was a normal occurance.

 

Is that all you have to do for the water pump? Does it need to be replaced?

 

Anyone have any opinions on the need to replace the water pump? Does it need to be done now? I'm not sure if this is a major issue or not.

 

Leaking water pump is not good at all. It might cause your timing belt to fail... You better fix that asap if you have a chance.

 

How does the water pump affect the timing belt?

 

The coolant leak seems to be a common occurance. Apparently one of the coolant pipes was plastic and cracking on a lot of vehicles, which has been replaced by a metal one.