sr20det coolant leaking under water pump??

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blackmagic
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someone tell me what this bolt is for because im pretty darn sure thats what is leaking coolant from my engine but i dont wanna try pulling it out if its not that. has this happend to anyone before i searched and found another thread with this same picure up but it was back in jun and noone knew what the damn thing was. i left a post asking if anyone figured it out but no one replied and i need to get this thing fixed asap. somone please help.


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CMG
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You know that water pumps leak from a hole underneath when they go bad right?

blackmagic
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yeh its called a weep hole i dont think its coming from there it may be possable but this is a fresh swap and i didnt have the car running when i put coolant in and left the car over night and went out to the garage to find a pool of coolant.

S14toRPS13
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You need a new water pump

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Tulsa_S-13
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blackmagic wrote:someone tell me what this bolt is for because im pretty darn sure thats what is leaking coolant from my engine but i dont wanna try pulling it out if its not that. has this happend to anyone before i searched and found another thread with this same picure up but it was back in jun and noone knew what the damn thing was. i left a post asking if anyone figured it out but no one replied and i need to get this thing fixed asap. somone please help.
That thread was started by me after replacing my pump with a new one from Phase2 and still found it leaking.

It turned out they sent me a faulty OEM pump (1:100000000 chance I'm sure). I bought another OEM waterpump from Phase2 after being left with a paperweight and all problems were solved.

The bolt circled in the picture is there to fill in a hole used in the manufacturing process, coolant won't be leaking out of it.

Replace your waterpump and you'll be good to go.

shawn_240sx
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I have an s13 sr20det waterpump, it seems to be fine, and pretty new. I changed all maintenance parts on my block and have this one. $35 shipped.Came out of a blacktop with 40 000 miles.

blackmagic
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35 sounds awsome but id rather have a brand new one even if i have to pay around $80 i just dont want to be cheap with this motor. thanks though ill look around town and see if anyone else needs one and ill send them your way.

blackmagic
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actually ill take that water pump i was thinkin about it and i might as well get it so i can at least drive the car and then ill get a new one. do you have paypal?? if so what is it and how fast can u get it shipped to 32908?


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