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ok, so here's the deal.... my old belt tensioner went south on me so i got a new one and replaced it. i drove about 10 miles and the car heated up to about 220. i pulled over and opened the hood and smoked poured everywhere....i noticed it was leaking coolant at the little elbow on the bottom of the belt tensioner assembly and getting all over the block and making smoke.... so heres my question. is there a gasket or something that is supposed to go into the coolant lines that run through the belt tensioner assembly... this car has about 95,000 miles on it.thanks for any help
-Jay
1998 firebird v6- bone stock a4 (gf\'s car)<br />1980 firebird- street/strip car
Yea dude, its your water pump. Basically, theres a weep hole on the bottom of the pump, and when the internal seal starts to go, itll leak coolant. I got a brand new Bosch water pump from pep-boys and i think it was $40. Takes about half an hour to replace.
i was hoping it wasn't that! i just dropped 120 bucks on the belt tensioner assembly. i did a search and read some old threads and before i posted this one and it didn't seem like the same thing. alright well thanks for the help!
-Jay
1998 firebird v6- bone stock a4 (gf\'s car)<br />1980 firebird- street/strip car
s**t, its definetly not the water pump....i just replaced the water pump about a half hour ago and its still leaking like crazy.... except that i can't see the leak anymore and it just pours down the cross member and out from under the car. what is going on.....please help!!!!!!
-Jay
1998 firebird v6- bone stock a4 (gf\'s car)<br />1980 firebird- street/strip car
um, really look to see where its coming from. check ALL the heater hoses and such. If not, you might have cracked your block somehow, but i HIGHLY doubt that......
hey man take it from me im just replaced mine before my motor blew what you need to do is put some adhesive silicon on the bolts i had a problay with mine leaking and make sure that the hose flowing the coolant to it are on i know they just twist on or snap but make sure there on good they can get hot aand start to leak email me if you need some futher instructions
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