Water pump leak was ...Re: Timing Belt on a 3.0

Mark R speedracer.mark at gmail.com
Thu Dec 18 11:36:13 PST 2008


The answer is yes.  If you want to confirm, add dye to the coolant and use
glasses and a UV light to trace.... that will make it much easier to
pinpoint the source.

Bottom line, a worsening water pump leak is a BAD sign.  Personally, I
wouldn't ignore it for 20K miles.  The risk is just too high.

Mark Rosenkrantz

On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 12:53 PM, <MXHOWES at aol.com> wrote:

>
>
> So the question is ......Does a water pump leak indicate a pending water
> pump failure?
>
> Thanks
> Jim


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