PringleSoldier

Hey Guys,

Have the day off today and came across my first heartache. I put the car on jack stands and turned it on and I heard a very loud scratching sound from where the water pump is located and noticed the upper radiator hose coming from the thermostat house was leaking, there's a small crack in the hose that has formed and it's leaking from there and 5 minutes into the car being on it starts to leak faster and coolant gushes out and hits my drive belts and then spills on the floor.

Now, I'm standing there, almost in tears, I don't have any funds I can use, no tools, what to do?

My first guess, is the crack in the hose where the coolant is leaking is causing the cooling system to lose pressure and thus the water pump is making this scratching whirling sound?

OR

Is the water pump failing? Luckily, I have one here that I haven't used, but is there time for me to do it tonight? Should I put a new water pump on? or buy a new radiator hose and put that on see if that works?

Please Guys I need everyone's input, I need the car tomorrow for work, and I'm limited on time.

It's 7pm central time here in Texas, let me know what you all think I should do, in the mean time I'm going to try and run the car once more and verify the issue.

Thanks Guys.

kiwikev

i'd put the new water pump on too. better to be safe than sorry, but if you just need to get the thing running temporarily, it'd be ok to just put a new hose on and refill the cooling system. just make sure you bleed the air out properly when you refill the coolant. i think it tells you how to do it in the owners manual.

SurraTT

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ya try the hose for now, a new wp will take a while

Niku-Sama

iTrader: (1)

the hose is an easy fix with a philips screw driver (or standard if the hose clapms were changed) and a new hose.

waterpump is well.....you take alot apart and i get to do that this weekend....and if i get it apart and i find the friggin pump is leaking any where other than from the seal i am yanking it out and smashing the ever living **** out of it because this god damned part has caused me so many friggin problems