Helps Leaking coolant, and air pressure.

[sean3481]

There is a steady flow of coolant that is pouring down from near my water pump, although i don't believe it is the water pump or the gasket. I'm unable to see the exact leak it seems to be dripping down the passenger side, just above it. I just replaced the intake manifold gaskets and head gaskets, which didn't fix the problem. The leak drips coolant whether the vehicle is on or off, and there sounds to be a lot of pressurized air that is is also coming from the leak spot, but like i said, I'm having a difficult time pin pointing exactly where it is coming from. Any ideas?
Thanks

 

[MikeyFord3]

the same thing happened to my 95 2.3 blew the head gasket and cracked the head and it started leaking near my water pump.. i replaced the water pump being a dumb ass and it still leaked finally found out it was the head gasket.. idk tho

 

[sean3481]

This is the general area of where the leak is coming from. It appears to be well behind the water pump but not too far above it. just up in the area, but i'm unable to see anything with the mirror.

. Originally it had a leak towards the very top but I replaced all the top end gaskets and the leaks and puddling there stopped. Now there's just a constant dripping in this area that goes all the way to the oil pan then drips from there. I'm sure the air pressure that is leaking is connected to this, because they both sound like they are coming from the same spot, but still im unable to find it's exact location

 

[Rearanger]

Looks like a good problem for some detection dye.

 

[nitrofan1]

Go to Advance Auto. They have an air conditioning rolling display. On it they have a coolant dye you can poor in the radiator and in a few days hit it with a UV light and it should show up.

 

[sean3481]

I found the leak, its coming from I guess the timing chain housing (behind the water pump), but according to hanes i need to remove the oil pan. To remove the oil pan the book says I need to remove the engine. are there any short cuts in this? Or am i going to have to pull the whole engine in order to replace that gasket?