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Lifer
Hi all,
Wife rang from 5 miles away to say her E85 2.5i had lit up the low coolant warning light.
I went to find her, topped it up and got it home no big problems.
Now up on ramps, got the undertray off and the whole front end of the engine is covered in water splashes.
Dried it all off and fired it up. After about 5 minutes, once heat and pressure had built up I noticed a small amount of spray but not able to determine where from as the belts were throwing it everywhere.
Turned the engine off and instantly got a lot of water running straight down the front, pouring off the bottom pulley.
I can see all the hose connections etc and nothing coming from them.
Do we think this is likely to be water pump, or something else up there?
Just looking for pointers really, as with limited access on my gravel drive it is very likely to be heading to the local indy.
Had plenty of water pumps go on older Fords etc, and they've dripped out from the tell-tale hole in front of the bearing. But this is pouring out and I know for a fact there was no issue 2 days ago as I checked the levels and cleaned the engine bay. It seems to have let go suddenly, whatever it is.
Any suggestions to help narrow it down would be gratefully accepted.
Wife rang from 5 miles away to say her E85 2.5i had lit up the low coolant warning light.
I went to find her, topped it up and got it home no big problems.
Now up on ramps, got the undertray off and the whole front end of the engine is covered in water splashes.
Dried it all off and fired it up. After about 5 minutes, once heat and pressure had built up I noticed a small amount of spray but not able to determine where from as the belts were throwing it everywhere.
Turned the engine off and instantly got a lot of water running straight down the front, pouring off the bottom pulley.
I can see all the hose connections etc and nothing coming from them.
Do we think this is likely to be water pump, or something else up there?
Just looking for pointers really, as with limited access on my gravel drive it is very likely to be heading to the local indy.
Had plenty of water pumps go on older Fords etc, and they've dripped out from the tell-tale hole in front of the bearing. But this is pouring out and I know for a fact there was no issue 2 days ago as I checked the levels and cleaned the engine bay. It seems to have let go suddenly, whatever it is.
Any suggestions to help narrow it down would be gratefully accepted.