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At 10:38 AM 11/18/99 -0800, Lewis, Gary M wrote:
>I had a similar leak on my 86 5kcst 5sp, and it was the water pump.
>Obviously, I hope it isn't yours as well as you've just replaced it...
>Good Luck...
>Gary
>
>Greg said;
>> My '90 200QT recently underwent some surgery including  EM welding, EM
>> gasket,
>> water pump, Timing Belt, O2 sensor, Head Gasket.
>>     I've got a coolant leak.   Coolant appears to collect on the main
>> electrical cable to the
>> starter,( very much right front of engine) then drop to garage floor off
>> the low point of the
>> cable.
>>     Overall volume lost is low. (1 l/month, 1.5k miles)
>>     My subjective observation:   I don't seem to see anything collecting
>> when idling or after
>> driving.  It seems like it's dry when I park it. I'll go inside, then it
>> belches 0.5 or 1oz of
>> coolant some time later.  The start of this problem seems to coincide with
>> the surgery.
>>       Any insight would be appreciated.
>> gomalley@us.ibm.com
>> Thanks,
>> Greg O'Malley

that sounds like it is close to being right under the turbo.
i would check all the turbo coolant connections first...

frank