coolant leak all of sudden, help...

[perhapsadingo8yerbaby]

Originally posted by mitmaks:
sorry i didnt say my water pump is new, and its probably has never been changed and engine got 80k miles so i guess it finally gave out. how much would this cost at mechanic? probably hard to do myself

Sorry, got my posts mixed up-it was babyblue who had the 4 month old H2O pump. See fry's post above, that's what you'd be facing. Very doable repair for the DIY but it is labor intensive which makes it a fairly expensive job for a mech shop to do.

[Ainu69]

Really to lazy to read all the posts, about half a year ago i drove to kamloops and found out i drove with no coolent and when i got home there was a small leak i ended up blowing the radiator and once replaced everything went back to normal..
chris

[azn_kai]

i'd say it's the water pump you need to replace. it's hard to do it by yourself very small space but you save a lot of money.

[lakersfan1]

Originally posted by mitmaks:
sorry i didnt say my water pump is new, and its probably has never been changed and engine got 80k miles so i guess it finally gave out. how much would this cost at mechanic? probably hard to do myself

Hard to do yourself? Define hard? Definitely frustrating, and get your hands torn up a little, but if you have the basic hand tools you'll need for it, you can do it in a weekend. If you want to know how much it costs at a mechanic, look over on ProbeTalk at what some morons were billed at the dealership. Two guys payed over $1500 for water pump with timing belt (which you'll want to do at the same time) in the last month over there.

The full writeup with pics is here if you're interested:

http://home.comcast.net/~mmunoz70/z/leskatimingbelt.doc

All the parts you'll need will be about $350. I can refer you to links for the proper parts if you decide to do it yourself.

<small>[ July 10, 2004, 05:15 PM: Message edited by: lakersfan1 ]</small>

[jimishadow]

where in usa do you live?if your near pa i can help with pump/timing belt,its cake if youve done it before.

[mitmaks]

can i replace it without changing timing belt, cause i dont wanna mess with it, and have timing screwed up

[jimishadow]

your pump is behind the timing belt,change the timing belt or you will have to do the same job again when you need belt.if you wana save bucs take it apart then install pump and find a mechanic in your area to put belt on,then you put bac covers and mount.where are you located?

[mitmaks]

im in spokane, WA

[jimishadow]

too far to meet,if you are mechanically inclined,do it.if not pay someone,getting the belt on is a bit trickey,i use wood wedges i made to jam cams from moving when belt is off,set timing mark on zero before taking apart,tomorrow im taking water pump off wrec,two weeks old ,to put on recent gs i bought.if ya need help email jimishadow@yahoo.com

[mitmaks]

anyone got shop manual pictures/diagram on "how to" water pump?