So its now Saturday morning. As I was parking my car wed night, I turned the wheel and heard a loud pop. I figured it was just a suspension pop as it likes to do that. Friday morning I drove it shortly without problem. Fright night when I started it I heard this gurgling noise and the coolant temp shot up to 175F. I turned the car off and got out to see a waterfall of coolant gushing from the bottom of the car. I just jacked it up to check the freeze out plugs, and from what I can see, 2 of them on the back of the block are fine. The leak is coming from the side of the engine near the alt, but I can't see if there is another plug there or not. Is there another plug behind the alt, on the side of the block? If it isn't a plug what else could it be? Would a best case be a hose, worst case is a cracked block? Estimates for repair in all scenarios?

 

the loud pop could be the seal coming out of the water pump

 

if its from the passenger side of the motor then its probally the water pump and/or gasket.....i do all my work myself so i have no idea what it would cost a a shop but from autozone a new water pump will run about $45 and a new gasket would be about $5

 

Sounds like it's time for a new water pump, timing belt and tensioner pulley.