My Jeep has been leaking coolant for the past few days. I can't really tell from where, seems to be under and or behind the water pump. When the truck is hot it seems to be leaking from where the bottom hose meets the water pumps. When it's cold I filled it the radiator with water and it seems to be leaking around the manifold seal below and behind the water pump.
again I can't tell for sure because the Jeep is parking on an angle, and the fluid could just be running along the manifold.
I suspect there is a number of problems going on with the cooling system. The thermostat seems to work, the pump don't know bad it is. I've been driving around the past few days and kept putting water in it. Yesterday it got hot for the first time and coolant leaked out the top hose by the thermostat. Then a hissing sound from the drivers side part of the engine.
This is 92 Jeep Cherokee laredo In-line 6.
I'll list some pics I have of the general location of the dripping fluid below.
Are there sites that specialize in cooling systems where I could get advice?
Also any temporary ways I can stop the leak or leaks, lower the pressure, and keep the engine from overheating? I need to drive back and forth to the auto parts store.
I also checked the oil, didn't seem to be coolant in it, but it also needed oil.
Thanks for any help. Not sure how difficult it would be to replace the water pump in this Jeep. If that's my problem.
Leaking while hot near the lower hose.
http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/1667/bottomhose.jpg
Top hose while hot.
http://img193.imageshack.us/i/tophose.jpg/
Lower dripping/leaking while cold
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/4865/lower1.jpg
Lower again. Different perspective.
http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/632/lower2p.jpg