JL66REDCPE
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Got home from a show yesterday, opened the hood to disconnect the battery and found brown water from approx the center of the engine to a good portion of the passenger side including the frame, steering components, battery, battery box, firewall, heater box and motor, inner fenders, sidepipes, wheel well, intake manifold, fuel pump, thermostat housing --what a mess. I thought it might be muddy water from a puddle so I jumped in the other car to backtrack and look for puddles. No luck -- there were none. Put the car up on the ole kwiklift and it really looked like the bottom radiator hose was leaking at the waterpump. I looked around some more and determined it might be the hose but I got a feeling it was the waterpump seal. I cleaned up all of the brown stuff except in the area of the lower radiator hose as a freind is coming over tonight to give a second opinion. I can move the waterpump pulley side to side a bit which is usually the way I tell if the pump is gone. Also, it had been weeping out the air vent some. What is somewhat puzzling about this is that the brown water did not seem to have an oily residue like antifreeze and it was so brown from apparent rust. If you look inside the radiator, the solution is light green like it should be. Any comments ???????
Fortunately, I have a spare rebuilt dated waterpump here in my office closet.
Fortunately, I have a spare rebuilt dated waterpump here in my office closet.