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Water leak

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#1 ·
Driving the cooper, non turbo and stopped outside house and notice water leaking under the drivers side of the engine towards the back.
Without checking am I looking at a new water pump. Cant think of any hoses in that area unless it's the water pump yo thermostat housing plastic hose
Do the water pumps on these fail dumping the coolant out
 
#2 ·
yes they do fail 50-120k depending on how driven and luck i guess and if ever run with no antifreeze in system or ever used a sealant for head gasket problems in the past can also weaken them,, engine mount off and wheel arch plastics away not a bad job really, there also a link turbo to thermostat housing
 
#6 ·
getting the wire clip on thermostat housing end is special with inlet manifold in place isn't it, joys of cheap thin plastic pipe
 
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