Date:         Tue, 30 Aug 2005 09:38:59 -0700
Reply-To:     John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Coolant Drip!!!
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> 
> I just noticed a few drips of coolant on the garage floor under the oil
> filter. I noticed a drip on the base of the filter mount. This morning
> there is a slime trail about a foot long in the same area on the floor
> which is telling me something is leaking even though the engine has not
> been run for days. Water pump? I hope not.


Water pump or possibly one of the elbow-shaped hoses feeding the oil cooler 
(that aluminum thing between the oil filter and the engine). Slight 
possibility it's the gasket between the water pump and the big coolant 
bypass pipe along the left side. I'd eyeball those two short hoses on top of 
the cooler with a flashlight first. Mine had "cheese grater" hose clamps on 
'em that the PO had apparently repeatedly tightened to stop the leaking, as 
they were choked down so hard there was maybe a millimeter of hose material 
left under them. Worth taking a look at.