Small pink puddle...
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Small pink puddle...
I have a small leak it appears near passenger side of the motor...it is pink/watery. Looks like it happens when the car sits in the garage. It's not alot of fluid.Any ideas on what is going on? I have a 2008 manual c6 with 30k miles. I am thinking possibly coolant? Will powertrain warranty cover this repair? Thanks guys
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Antifreeze. The A/C condensation drain is in that area but the only way that would be pink is if you had some bacteria growing in it or it was dissolving minerals from somewhere which is unlikely.
Antifreeze leak would be covered. Normal A/C drain would not.
Antifreeze leak would be covered. Normal A/C drain would not.
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Water pump leak is the likely culprit:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...lant-leak.html
But first, look for the source. Might be something else, like weeping around a hose clamp. And check around the thermostat.
Had any underhood work done lately? Look in those areas, too.
Let us know what happens.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...lant-leak.html
But first, look for the source. Might be something else, like weeping around a hose clamp. And check around the thermostat.
Had any underhood work done lately? Look in those areas, too.
Let us know what happens.
Drifting
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^ well if your going to a dealership they might have to keep your car for 3 weeks and tear the whole car apart. Then they might blow the engine bc they didn't put fluid in. sorry small rant.
If you go to a known performance shop it can be fixed in a few hours.
If you go to a known performance shop it can be fixed in a few hours.
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Corvette water pumps are notoriously short-lived due to the inferior mechanical face seal used in their pumps. If equipped with a state-of-the-art mechanical face seal, far less than 10% of their waterpumps would ever fail before 100,000 miles. The cost difference between a pump that fails at 30,000 miles and one thar fails at 200,000 miles? About $2.00.
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Corvette water pumps are notoriously short-lived due to the inferior mechanical face seal used in their pumps. If equipped with a state-of-the-art mechanical face seal, far less than 10% of their waterpumps would ever fail before 100,000 miles. The cost difference between a pump that fails at 30,000 miles and one thar fails at 200,000 miles? About $2.00.
Either that or inferior pump bearings or both. If the bearings start to fail and allow too much shaft deflection at the seal faces, then leakage increases which then contaminates the bearing lube causing rapid bearing failure and even higher rates of leakage until the whole pump seizes. A vicious cycle indeed.
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My pump started to fail at 21k on the odo... just had it replaced... dealer warrantied the part for me even though i dont have a warranty.. otherwise i believe its a 2 hour job along with the cost of the part that being around 250-300 bucks... My advice to you is if you have no warranty look elsewere for the pump there are some great aftermarket alternatives...
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St. Jude Donor '13
My pump started to fail at 21k on the odo... just had it replaced... dealer warrantied the part for me even though i dont have a warranty.. otherwise i believe its a 2 hour job along with the cost of the part that being around 250-300 bucks... My advice to you is if you have no warranty look elsewere for the pump there are some great aftermarket alternatives...
Lots of folks would like to put in a pump that is similar to OEM but more durable.
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09 & '12, '14
Corvette water pumps are notoriously short-lived due to the inferior mechanical face seal used in their pumps. If equipped with a state-of-the-art mechanical face seal, far less than 10% of their waterpumps would ever fail before 100,000 miles. The cost difference between a pump that fails at 30,000 miles and one thar fails at 200,000 miles? About $2.00.
Seems to me, that most, but not all, of the failures are on vehicles with limited use.
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St. Jude Donor '13
It would be interesting to get enough data to do a good comparison.
Our 2009 had accumulated 39k miles in a little over two years, so it was one of the "driven a lot but still failed" group.