Ever had a water pump stop leaking on its own?
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Ever had a water pump stop leaking on its own?
My Cherokee's water pump has been leaking for a while now. The leak was not as bad as I have seen in other vehicles, but I was losing about a quart of coolant every 2-300 miles.
Now, it appears to have stopped leaking. I last added coolant about 500 miles ago and the levels in the radiator and the reservoir have not went down.
How the heck does this happen?
Now, it appears to have stopped leaking. I last added coolant about 500 miles ago and the levels in the radiator and the reservoir have not went down.
How the heck does this happen?
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That is what I was thinking as well.
I drained and refilled the cooling system a couple of years ago, but sometimes find traces of what looks like coffee grounds or Copenhagen in the radiator filler neck.
I suspect that a previous owner may have dumped some kind of stop leak product in the radiator and that fix finally failed, but residual stuff plugged the leak back up.
Sound like a possibility?
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Every night to sleep and in morning for milking...When water pumps leak that the sign to get ready to replace me .When they stop its telling you when I leak next time your gonna be really stuck some place or on the highway and overheat severely .Change It ASAP...
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