Matthew Jeschke
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My daily driver is a 2006 Buick Lucerne. It has nearly 190,000 miles. I've had to do very little to maintain the vehicle (list below of coolant maintenance). It seems to be using coolant and I cannot figure out how. Occassionally there will be a puddle under passenger side of engine compartment. I suspected water pump is weeping / going out. However, it's dry to touch.
Maintenance:
- New metal bypass elbows to replace plastic ones. Those had broken previous. Dry to touch now as well.
- New upper and lower radiator hoses. Dry to touch at water pump, engine, and radiator.
- Original radiator, no signs of leak on core support, holds pressure as well.
Symptoms:
- Occasional puddle of water under on driver side of engine bay.
- Fill up radiator and a couple weeks later will be down about a gallon
- No signs of water in oil.
- No smoke from exhaust.
- No signs of water / coolant leak under hood or on accessories. All dry to touch.
I hate to change the water pump if it is something else. I always like to get a good idea of what problem is before doing parts darts but seriously am completely baffled.
Maintenance:
- New metal bypass elbows to replace plastic ones. Those had broken previous. Dry to touch now as well.
- New upper and lower radiator hoses. Dry to touch at water pump, engine, and radiator.
- Original radiator, no signs of leak on core support, holds pressure as well.
Symptoms:
- Occasional puddle of water under on driver side of engine bay.
- Fill up radiator and a couple weeks later will be down about a gallon
- No signs of water in oil.
- No smoke from exhaust.
- No signs of water / coolant leak under hood or on accessories. All dry to touch.
I hate to change the water pump if it is something else. I always like to get a good idea of what problem is before doing parts darts but seriously am completely baffled.
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