leaking coolant

Discussion in 'General Motoring' started by cookiegetter, Jun 12, 2004.

  1. cookiegetter

    cookiegetter Guest

    My 1996 sl2 is leaking coolant. Checked hose connections from inside
    the hood and everything is tight. Crawled under the hood on left side
    and found coolant fluid puddle under bottom of the front right side of
    engine. Can't see where leak is coming from because of pulleys are
    blocking my view. Removed tire cover on that side and still can't
    locate the leak source.
    No overheating light has come on, but the low coolant lite does. Fan
    works when it suppose to. Is this a hose or is it my water pump?
     
    cookiegetter, Jun 12, 2004
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  2. cookiegetter

    Kirk Kohnen Guest

    Water pump.
     
    Kirk Kohnen, Jun 12, 2004
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  3. cookiegetter

    Dave Guest

    Just to elaborate on Kirk's post, sometimes the water pump bolts will
    loosen, particularly on the bottom of the
    pump. It happened on my SC2. The pump was fine--there was no leakage
    from around the shaft, even with 107,000 miles on it. But I replaced the
    pump anyway, because just tightening the pump bolts probably wouldn't
    have stopped the leak once the gasket seal was broken, and I figured
    if I had to take the old pump out, might as well replace it.

    Dave
     
    Dave, Jun 14, 2004
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