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Water pump leaking after radiator fluid change?

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Old 10-20-2009, 04:01 PM
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Default Water pump leaking after radiator fluid change?

Right after I got the radiator fluid changed my water pump started leaking. The shop that did it just said "sometimes that happens". Is there something they did wrong perhaps?
 
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Not likely. How many miles? Water pumps are easy to change and not horribly expensive. Just be ultra-careful with the coolant. Make sure you capture it all, and don't let any escape.
 
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I use to manger a quick lube place. Every now and then when we would do a radiator fluid change customers would come back with there water pumps leaking. Some time they get all gunked up from the old fluid and doing a flush just breaks it all loose. Maybe ask the shop to split the cost with u? Wouldn't hurt.
 



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