I replaced my radiator a few days ago, because it was leaking. Just to double check the fluid level. I checked the radiator this evening, and found it almost out of water. I filled it up again, and could hear the water dripping onto the ground. The water is dripping down right under the belt tensioner. You can see it running down the crack kind of between the front cover & a/c compressor bracket. It was dark so I really couldn't see exactly where it was coming from. Do you guys have any ideas, where the water would be coming from. It looks rusty around the crack where the tensioner is bolted to the front cover. Is there water behind there. I sure appreciate any help anyone can offer up.

 

Could be your water pump hose. It's just behind the tensioner spring bracket.

 

Thanks mike I will check that out in the morning. Is that something you can readily see? I couldn't see a hose down there this evening, but it was getting dark on me.

 

Should be able to see it pretty easy. I use a step stool thing to get easier access over my brush guard bumper. It's right behind the bolt of the tensioner's spring. Your water pump is the pulley just to the right of that, but the housing that feeds it snakes behind the tensioner and hooks up your lower rad hose horizontally. If it's your pump, I would suspect it would leak from just under its pulley via weep hole. Since it's to the left of that, might be the hose, or worse case scenario the housing itself, which is not part of the pump.

 

it looks like water pump problem, look at the housing and gasket....why dark water? do you have soot in it or other??

rob

 

The water was not dark, no daylight left. Hence , it was dark outside, No sunshine. Thanks I wil check the info out and see what I find.

 

New water pump solved the problem. Thanks for the help guys.