coolant leak problems

[94 5.0]

my 94 mustang has been sitting on jackstands for a couple months due to the painting process. Now it is leaking coolant what could be the cause? i looked but couldnt find the source.... it is dripping all the way down off of the sway bar. any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!

 

[Slykin]

Same problem here actually.. i'm thinking it may be the water pump, but i'm not sure. Sub'd.

 

[Rallim]

Sway bar, first thought is water pump, only thing really in the area. The hose on the lower part of it on the side you can't see perhaps?

 

[EF5.0]

Either the water pump or the timing chain cover gasket is leaking would be my guess. When mine was leaking like that it was the timing chain cover gasket, but I replaced the water pump at the same time.

 

[95opal]

Either the water pump or the timing chain cover gasket is leaking would be my guess. When mine was leaking like that it was the timing chain cover gasket, but I replaced the water pump at the same time.

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[Slykin]

Boooo... Not wanting to do that right now :undecided: I got enough problems to deal with.

 

[EF5.0]

It's time consuming but not really hard. I replace the timing chain and harmonic balancer while I was at it as well. Overall after removing it all, scraping all the old gaskets/sealant off, putting it on and letting the RTV cure it took maybe day, thats taking multiple breaks and stopping to eat and watch tv for a while.

It's also a good time to flush the coolant.

If you don't want to do it right now then wait until your next oil change is due, because with scraping off the old gaskets, I would recommend replacing the oil the get rid of any gunk that falls into the oil pan.

 

[Slykin]

I mostly meant money-wise, but thanks for the heads up. It isn't puking it out everywhere yet, so I think i'll wait some haha.