98 voyager 3.0 water leak

[ben t]

I'm losing about 1 gal. of water every 30 miles.The water appears to be coming out of the cross over pipe on the drivers side. I replaced the large O-Ring but it continues to leak.The service dept. said there was another O-Ring on the other side of the crossover pipe and I could pull the pipe out by removing the two bracket bolts.Well, that didn't work as it looks like a metal pipe runs up toward the top of the motor.Looking thru the pipe with a mirror it looks as if the pipe connects to the water pump.If so, do I have to, or schould I replace the water pump to get the O-Ring in?
It looks as if I'm going to have to remove the timing belt to get to the pump.Does this sound right?

[tempfixit]

Go to the Online Service Manuals thread and it should have the procedure for water pump replacement, also you could check the repair manuals online at autozone.com.