bushbelay Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 1996 Legacy, 2.2L, 5 spd, 98,000 miles. This car is starting to have all sorts of weird problems at once. A little surprised, but then again, it is 12years old! I have an antifreeze leak that develops under the driver’s side of the car. If the car is cold and is ran for a short time it will leak when the engine is turned off. If the car is ran and brought up to a warm engine temp, there is no leak when the car sits. My guess is a contrast of temperatures in the engine and outside air temperatures cause a gasket to not seal. That is why when it is warm, there is no leaking present. Ok, so now what gasket(s)? The leak collects on a bolt for the oil pan. It does not come from anywhere on the front side of the thermostat, just the back side. I am hoping it is just the water pump gasket and not a head gasket. I am curious if this is an option though. If my gasket on my water pump was bad, would coolant come out of the timing belt cover, instead of behind the thermostat? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonklein611 Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 I've got a similar phantom leak in the same spot, but mine comes and goes at random, so all i know is that its from the bottom hose of the radiator. Yours sounds like maybe the seal around the water pump is going? Not 100% sure. Head gasket would normally translate into mixing of oil and coolant. Do you notice a change in your oil level or in the color of either the oil or coolant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LGT-NY Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Time for an '08! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushbelay Posted October 22, 2008 Author Share Posted October 22, 2008 My oil and coolant look clean and my levels seem good. I am leaning towards the water pump seal as well. I was hoping on changing those around Christmas. Guess it will be sooner than I thought! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonklein611 Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Time for an '08! Yes, wanna give me one? Only one I can afford now is the 1:30 scale auto art model. I need to graduate and then I'm making a big big big upgrade to a GT (cue collective ooooooooooooo.....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushbelay Posted October 23, 2008 Author Share Posted October 23, 2008 Time for an '08! Yeah, who is giving these away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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