Definate Water pump leak?? (pics)

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12-20-2005, 09:21 PM

DcMaN

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Definate Water pump leak?? (pics)

well it seems that it is the o ring seals on the water pump that went. im going to go buy one tommorow is the oem nissan the best one to get ? I checked all the hoses and they looked fine.

12-20-2005, 11:12 PM

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Not sure why your showing pics of the oil pan, unless your saying that is coolant going through the weep hole on to the oil pan....

12-21-2005, 04:35 AM

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sorry man but i would clean that area first then ck again and see if it come's back. also how do you know its coolant and not oil... there is one sure way but i digress....

12-21-2005, 04:40 AM

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I see a very dry bottom of an oil pan with a small amount of crud on one edge.

12-21-2005, 05:56 AM

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Damn, I wish my oil pan was that dry!

12-21-2005, 07:01 AM

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@ oil pan pic (both of them).

12-21-2005, 08:43 AM

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that is all coolant around the edge of the oil pan. I cant find any other coolant besides that and it drips right down onto the floor from their.

12-21-2005, 09:31 AM

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that is all coolant around the edge of the oil pan. I cant find any other coolant besides that and it drips right down onto the floor from their.

That is probably a bad seal, leaking coolant thorugh the weep hole. Had the same issue last year. Pulled the pump and it was fine, just a bad seal. Replaced the pump anyhow. They are expensive from Nissan, paid around $200 IIRC. Later found that NAPA carries a water pump for our cars for about $100.

12-21-2005, 11:09 AM

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There only $80-$90 from Nissan. Mine ran $80 from David B at Southpoint. New water pump and seals

-matt

12-21-2005, 11:13 AM

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i just went to nissan i paid 127 $ for the water pump w/ overnight delivery and and both o ring seals.

12-21-2005, 11:19 AM

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Overnight delivery was probably $30

-matt

12-21-2005, 11:22 AM

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you have any tips for me when removing this water pump ? Im scared about when it says becareful while removing water pump, do not allow water pump to hit the timing chain that **** is scaring me : ( . How close is it to the timing chain. Isnt the water pump driven by it ?

12-21-2005, 11:46 AM

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There only $80-$90 from Nissan. Mine ran $80 from David B at Southpoint. New water pump and seals

-matt

Maybe my memory serves me wrong, but I could swear it was much more than that. But this has been almost 2yrs ago

12-21-2005, 11:56 AM

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There only $80-$90 from Nissan. Mine ran $80 from David B at Southpoint. New water pump and seals

-matt

i got mine for 100 flat from nissan, that was my discount anyway.

12-21-2005, 12:25 PM

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This is the write up I used...Its only tricky because the amount of space that there is.

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=308680

12-21-2005, 12:34 PM

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buddy of mine got his oem nissan water pump for his 96 from everythingnissan for around $80 shipped... local napa had it for a little over $100.

12-21-2005, 12:39 PM

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That definitely looks like coolant collected on that edge. As long as any coolant hoses in that area (if there are any, I don't recall) are dry at the joints, then definitely get a new water pump.

Dave