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Water leaking from front of motor...
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 5:11 pm
by Meldge
Hi All,
My truck has been getting hot, I have been filling it up, unable to find any leaks in the radiator and/or hoses I was stumped.
Next thing I notice is water/coolant is running down the front of my block and onto my steering dampener.
It is not being squirted there from any hoses, and I cannot see exactly where it is coming from.
Possibilities - Water Pump?
It is a Toyota Landcruiser with the 3F Petrol Engine.
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 5:17 pm
by ToNkA
You sure it is the front?
Could be a Welch Plug.
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 5:37 pm
by RoldIT
Yeah, check water pump. Prob leaking out through the bearing.
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 6:41 pm
by Hybrid
RoldIT wrote:Yeah, check water pump. Prob leaking out through the bearing.
Yeah had this happen before. Using coolant and overheating but by the time I got the bonnet up the coolant leak on the front of the pump had dried.
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 7:32 pm
by dow50r
Third on the water pump
Andrew
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 7:34 pm
by Daisy
mine leaked thru the water pump as well..
Most likely the breather has shat itself.
TOM
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 9:43 pm
by Kev80
Yep, water pump.
Most pumps have a little hole in the pump housing that leads to the shaft bearing area.
The idea is that if the bearing water seal has failed & leaking water into the shaft bearing it will flow out this little hole as a indication to let you know its time for a new water pump.
This reduces the risk of the bearing seizing from rust in the middle of no where.
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 10:41 am
by Meldge
Thanks Guys,
My first thought was water pump, but just wasn't sure if it could be anything else...
I will check it out and have to go and get another one...
Has anyone ever rebuilt a 3F, was it costly and worth it?
I am thinking of throwing in a 1UZ sorta soonish, just weighing up my options.