Last week, my 94 lesabre was making a funny noise and the other day noticed a small puddle of coolant formed underneath my car. Decided to start it up and saw coolant shooting out of a hose near my water pump. I drained the coolant, took the alternator and drive belt off and removed the hose( this is the hose that goes from the intake manifold to the top of my water pump ). It was very soft and spongy, and the thinner and more brittle part split and sprayed coolant. Within the last few months, I replaced the intake manifold gasket and the UIM and this worried me. The water pump gasket was fine after inspection, and I did replace the hose with fresh clamps, but it still weighs on my mind. What worries me is that the water pump looks easy to take off, but it is attached to the motor mounting frame of the car. Once I looked in my manual, it says to jack or hoist your engine before you do this and since I don't have the equipment, I know it will cost me an arm and a leg just to do a simple water pump because of this fact. Since the hose went, I want to know from and experienced mechanic......should I be worried about the water pump going??????
