have a 98 ford escort and see water leaking from around where i think the water pump is. the question is how do i get to it and how hard is it to do. i havent replace a h2o pump in years and the last time i did i could stand in the engine compartment so not used to these sidewasys engines!!!!
thanks

The water pump is driven by the timing belt so you have to remove the timing belt cover to see it. Not sure what engine you have.....

Here's a link to a couple of diagrams if you want to see what is involved.

http://www.autozone.com/servlet/UiBroker?ForwardPage=/az/cds/en_us/0900823d/80/13/af/a5/0900823d8013afa5.jsp

wow thanks guys......but that looks like a job not for me not sure that i want to mess with a timing belt if you know what i mean:banghead: just wondering now what it might run to get a shop to do it the ones i have called today are closed
thanks again for the responces