Puddle of coolant on top and below sump - water pump?

gilly

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2000 Legnum VR4 Type S
Just noticed a big coolant puddle under the front right wheel.
When I look from above, there is coolant on the to edge of the sump, and plenty of coolant on the ground under the sump.
I am gessing the water pump has died?

Not sure if this is relevant, but I swapped the radiator and flushed the coolant system about 2 months ago. There have been no leaks at all, so this is a bit out of the blue.
The water pump is about 30,000kms / 5 years old.
 

gilly

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I checked that, not a drop from it. It aims close to one of the mounts.
When I opened the bonnet, I was really hoping it was coming from the overflow! No such luck.

Just jacked the car up and had a look (best view was through one of the wheel spoke gaps). It leaked from directly above the sump.
 

Kaldek

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Directly above the sump sounds like water pump. What did you flush the system with, what type/colour of coolant did you use, and did you add anything to the coolant?
 

gilly

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Flushed the system with a Nulon Flush and garden hose as per recommendations on here.
Coolant used was Nulon green concentrate, mixed with filtered water.
 

Kaldek

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Flushed the system with a Nulon Flush and garden hose as per recommendations on here.
Coolant used was Nulon green concentrate, mixed with filtered water.
Sounds legit. Could just be a coincidence the pump has gone. Time to get your hands dirty and find the source, which probably means removing the top two timing covers.
 

gilly

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Yeah. I'll be getting Jon @ Driven to do this.
Way out of my league. Hoping its just a hose or something that has come loose.
 

gilly

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yeah unfortunately it was the pump.
So did the timing belt at the same time along with a few other things.
 
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