xzaviergomez
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I am worried about my ranger.
When it began to get warm outside the truck began to spill coolant on the ground after parking the truck after a long drive. I had to refill it often. Then it started doing it occasionally even after short drives. I discovered it was leaking from the heater core, so I bypassed it.
All was well for a couple of days, no leak. Today I drove it a very short distance, parked it, and noticed a pool of liquid below my truck. I drove it a short distance again, parked it, and watched it dump all of it's coolant onto the ground. It looked like it was coming from somewhere around the front/bottom of the engine, behind the fan. I imagine this is where the water pump is located?
Anybody have diagnostic advice? Are these two problems related or do you think I just coincidentally had two parts causing leakage one after the other?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I don't want to just install a new water pump if there is something else causing the problem. Obviously, head gasket is my worst fear.
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When it began to get warm outside the truck began to spill coolant on the ground after parking the truck after a long drive. I had to refill it often. Then it started doing it occasionally even after short drives. I discovered it was leaking from the heater core, so I bypassed it.
All was well for a couple of days, no leak. Today I drove it a very short distance, parked it, and noticed a pool of liquid below my truck. I drove it a short distance again, parked it, and watched it dump all of it's coolant onto the ground. It looked like it was coming from somewhere around the front/bottom of the engine, behind the fan. I imagine this is where the water pump is located?
Anybody have diagnostic advice? Are these two problems related or do you think I just coincidentally had two parts causing leakage one after the other?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I don't want to just install a new water pump if there is something else causing the problem. Obviously, head gasket is my worst fear.
edit:typo