Came out this morning to find a nice large puddle of coolant had formed under my runner... it had been slowly leaking for a while but I guess it finally went... I'm in for a nice $550 repair bill to fix the waterpump and replace the timing chain. sucks...

 

Lemme guess - 22re at 140k miles? ;-)

 

nope... 3vze at 103k miles..

 

A little young, but...eh...it was probably due. Oh, and it's got a timing belt.

 

yeah, I know it's a belt... I've just always called it a chain... bad habit from my old chevy days..

 

that sucks, but could have been worse

 

Is that the first time you change the timing belt? ...
I had my frist one changed at 70K . I'd also swap out the water pump.
this time around..maybe at 130k or so, I'll change out the ideler pulley too.

 

hmmm... maybe I better consider changing mine out. Never been.

 

Water pump or timing belt or both?

 

Hey Mikronized I have a few drops of coolant here and there not alot but I can't find where it is leaking from. Where were the drops landing or from when you noticed the drops at first?

Thanks,
Mario

 

it was coming from somewhere near the thermostat housing... so I replaced the gasket and it kept leaking... then pow...

 

Alright thanks, mine seems to drop in that area...

Thanks,
Mario

 

damn, thats quite steep.. at the stealer i had my waterpump, timing belt, a/c belt, and power steering belt changed and it only cost me $450 CAD ($374 US), i'd be second guessing that quote they gave you.

 

i'll ask again, but this is a pretty expensive area of california.. everything cost more here

 

I just did mine last weekend. It's not that hard to do.