driving with a leaking waterpump?

dutch · Jan 25, 2009

So I was almost home yesterday when I got a LOW COOLANT warning light on.. :dontknow:
I was like wtf; just checked it a week ago and it was fine.
I checked this morning and the entire reservoir was empty.. so I filled it up and let her warm up to see if there was a leak somewhere.

There was a small drip comming from the waterpomp area, so I was kinda pissed. But I thought I could drive with it, as long as I checked it regularly untill I could have it fixed.

But when I asked someone to see if the started to leak more if I held it at 2500rpm, it didn't. But as soon as I let her idle again afterwards, the leak became more severe. Didn't drive it since though, just idle. But it's about a big drop every second, which amounts to quite a puddle when she's sitting for a few minutes.

Anyway, Haynes manual tells me it's probably the seal, and (I'm not sure) it's probably leaking from the weephole, which tells me my wp is on it's last legs..

Is it stupid to drive the car 60 miles (highway) to the nearest specialist?
The only other option is to borrow someone elses car and drive to a parts shop (hoping I can find one which has a 5.0 waterpump on the shelf), and drive to mustang to the nearest garage and give them the waterpump.

any ideas?

:BangHead: :crybaby2:

CC'S95GT · Jan 25, 2009

is there some reason you can't do it yourself? it's pretty easy. around my area o'Reilly's is the only place that parts for mine on the shelf consistently. i always call first to make sure. if they don't have it on the shelf they'll order it and it'll be there by the end of the day. auto zone and advance not so much

dutch · Jan 25, 2009

doing it myself is not an option at the moment.. not the tools/place/time for it.
And unfortunately we don't have o'reilly's n autozone etc.. I couldn't even get wiperblades and oilfilters of the shelf here. So I'll be calling some specialists tomorrow morning first thing, to see if there's any 5.0 waterpump in the country. But they'll probably have to order it too.

CC'S95GT · Jan 25, 2009

sorry about that man. i thought you were in the U.S. depending on how bad it's leaking you should be ok to make it to the shop.

2slo95fiveoh · Jan 25, 2009

yeah if you don't have any other method of getting it done, i would make sure you have plenty of coolant and make the drive to get it fixed.

dutch · Jan 26, 2009

pffff, stressful first hour of the week. I've called 7(!) USA car specialists, and kept getting a no.. Everyone could order one, but nobody had one on the shelf. So I finally found one with the last company I called for $190!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But yeah, I need the car so... they're sending it to me, and I've made an appointment with a shop on wednesday.. I love my car, but damn!