Coolant leak

[Carlspike]

My DOHC has sprung a coolant leak. It's dripping right on the AC pulley, looks like it's coming from the water pump. So my question is: Is it usually just the gasket or should I look into changing the whole pump? And what is involved in changing it.

[OldSkoolGP]

Change the whole pump. It's 20 bucks and it only takes 20 minutes to change it. Most likely your gasket cracked but a new pump never hurts.

[toms92gp]

Change the whole pump. It's 20 bucks and it only takes 20 minutes to change it. Most likely your gasket cracked but a new pump never hurts.

I agree, its around $20 for one with lifetime warranty and it comes with the gasket. The gasket alone will be around $5 so you might as well do the whole pump since you have to get it off anyway.

[Carlspike]

It looked to be coming just from the gasket, but I replaced the whole pump anyway. Hopefully no more coolant leaks pop up now.

[bu01]

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