ok so the overheating problem which i thought was a head gasket might not be. the oil is not milky and white smoke isnt coming out the back right now. but i just replaced the waterpump and the car is still pretty steadily leaking coolant. you can see it dripping from underneath. the leak seems to be coming from the crank right where the timing marker is.... any ideas guys?

 

probably leaking from the timing cover. when you pull the waterpump, you can break the seal on the timing cover and that will leak coolant as well. coolant flows from the block, through the cover and to the waterpump. so you may have to redo everything you did and more to replace the timing cover gasket. bet thing to do is get a pressure tester and find out for sure where its leaking from. but from what you describe, thats what my guess would be.

 

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the leak SEEMS to be coming from here... and the water drips down and falls to the ground from the oil pan... do i need to just replace the gasket or the cover and all?

 

take the pulley off the waterpump and see if its leaking from the weephole of the waterpump. if it is, you need a new waterpump. judging by the pic, that would be a possibility as well.

 

i just replaced the pump and put everything back together and its still leaking from right there...

 

Can it be from that metel piece that goes into the throttle body where the coolant goes in?

 

ok find out where the leak is coming from. and it was leaking when the car was off too, when the coolant was full. its coming from directly to the left of the waterpump. there are like two big holes. and its leaking from the top one... is the the timing cover gasket?

 

from what youre describing and the location you showed on the pic, id say its the timing cover gasket

 

Kevo2k6,

Sorry for thread jacking, but the engine in the picture is a 1990 3.1 V6? If so, can you post more pics of how you routed your belts and anything else you had to change to eliminate the smog and AC pulleys. Also, what type of belt is that, and size/part # if possible.

Thanks very much if you can get to that,
Max

 

sorry that pic is a borrowed pic. i dont have any way of gettig MY 90 3.1 pictures on here. but i woudl assume you could get the belt from autozone, jegs, summit, or sumwhere....

 

Alright, thanks anyway.
I did some looking in an an old chiltons that I found,(it has a BIG troubleshooting section) and they they say it was probably the timing cover as well.


Thanks,
Max

 

how do i go about removing the timing chain cover gasket? do i need to remove the pully off the crank?

 

anyone? i got the pully off but i cant get the piece behind it off. how do i go about doing this?

 

Ya gotta unbolt the oil pan.