Coolant dripping off the passengers side of the block (pics)

[stefan]

Ok i've got coolant dripping off the passengers side of the block, at the bottom of the belt

is this the water pump?

[mattswabb]

I'd say yes. Look from below and look behind the water pump pulley. There is a small weep hole. Probably coming from there. If so the shaft seal is bad.

[freshtiva]

^ I concur, pick yourself up a timing belt when you get a new water pump if you havent change it in a while.

[stefan]

heres the leak





it seems to be coming from the bottom, but the haynes manual says the weep hole is on the top. Is this just my water pump or is something else leaking?

[htchbck]

my guess is that its just the seal around the pump, or possibly the pump itself.

[elcamino1]

If you clean it off you might be able to see it better.

[Bowls]

whats the best way of going about cleaning an engine caked with oil?

[warlocke]

greased lighting and an old tooth brush and alot of elbow grease (kids are the most common source of this)

[festivaWES]

couple cans of brake parts cleaner

[warlocke]

ya that would get expensive tho, if youve seen his block hes gonna need alot of brake cleaner lol

[WmWatt]

The photos don't show the water pump housing which is higher up. I'd just wipe it clean with a rag and look for water seeping out at the weeping hole or along the seal. But I don't know if it will continue to leak now. It would help if the engine were running but I see the timing belt has been removed. There may be some other way to pressurize the cooling system to force water out at the pump if there's a leak. I once cut the valve off a bicycle inner tube, stuck it in the top of the radiator, and pumped air in with the bicycle pump.

If it's leaking at the weeping hole I think that means the pump itself is worn and should be replaced.

[warlocke]

id say just replace the pump if its that far down anyways, probally never been changed and who knows how much longer it will last, you already have it apart.

[Bowls]

Tooth brushes are amazing inventions, They keep our teeth clean, when they get old we use em on our cars and even archeologists use them.
thank god for oral B?

[elcamino1]

whats the best way of going about cleaning an engine caked with oil?

Have the engine steamed cleaned.

[25Horseplay]

whats the best way of going about cleaning an engine caked with oil?

Take the engine out, disassemble it completely. Then clean everything in a parts washer and reassemble!