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Water Pump or something else?
Here's my story....just trying to get the car in good shape to trade in 1. Idler Pulley and Tensioner Pulley Changed (squeaks) 2. Belt Changed (pulleys didn't fix the squeaking) 3. New upper coolant hoses installed (broke while doing #1) ----few days later 4. Random Airbag Light comes on, bought the 1.4.0 scanner (arrives tomorrow) 5. While letting car warmup last night, car shut off and I found fluid all over the place. Upon inspection, fluid seems to be dripping from the area of where the water pump would be I guess, not the expansion tank or any of the hoses I installed. When I put more fluid in, it just leaks back out So questions.... Is the car shutting off a normal procedure for coolant issues (maybe the car was over heating?) The fuel light just went on 15 miles before my issue, so I don't think I ran out of gas. If the water pump went, would fluid drain out without the car running?
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You have to check really close if the coolant leak is from the WP seal, or below the WP. if it's below, you need to fix/replace the coolant pipe. The way you describe the symptom ("5. While letting car warmup last night, car shut off and I found fluid all over the place. Upon inspection, fluid seems to be dripping from the area of where the water pump would be I guess, not the expansion tank or any of the hoses I installed. When I put more fluid in, it just leaks back out") it looks like it's the cooling pipe, but I can be wrong. On the bright side, it's not a hard DIY, but there's quite a few ends and odds that have to come out. And you need to also change the manifold gasket among other stuff (If this is what you have).
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Thanks,
I had it towed to a shop near where it broke down. Indy and/or dealership is 20 miles away. 10 degrees F and outside in friends driveway is not a good spot for DIY.
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2005 x5 4.4i sport Last edited by recklessspyder; 12-01-2014 at 06:24 PM. |
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Well, the place I had it towed to wanted $1400 to replace the water pump. I spoke with the Indy and they said it might not be the water pump, it could be the coolant pipe like you said. I'm having it towed from the local shop to the Indy to have the experts handle this.
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Turn out it was the water pump....that, a thermostat, coolant, and a hose $840 parts and labor...cleared some codes and my airbag light too.
....drove it home and now there's oil all over the place. It's going back, I'm wondering if they broke some sort of oil line (are there external oil lines?)....new thread coming on that.
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Are you sure it's oil and not ATF? There's a line from the trans to the trans cooler that is mounted to the radiator.
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Its pretty dark/dirty. Checked up top and nothing except a little residue around oil filler cap...but that could be me being sloppy.
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