jlglr4
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Just reading back through, it looks like you have not yet replaced the crossover. In my mind, it is much more likely that your crossover is leaking than your newly replaced water pump. That might have been the problem from the beginning. If you stick a borescope down into the valley (just past the oil filter), you might see coolant down in there, which would indicate either the crossover or possibly the oil cooler pipe. There’s also a soft rubber coolant tube that runs from the coolant-heated throttle body under the intake manifold to the rear crossover, but I haven’t heard of that one leaking before.
The other leak that’s been reported at times is the thermostat housing, so maybe check that as well.
The pattern of drips looks like a front coolant leak, but with the skid plate attached, can’t be sure. It might just be pooling up and dripping out the front holes on the skid plate. Still, front engine area seems most likely.
Just my $.02, but I would stop driving this vehicle if I were you. You’ve probably read the horror stories on here about people running out of coolant and overheating. Almost every one of them says the temp gauge did not budge from center. I think the temp gauge just doesn’t work once there is a sizable leak - not sure why, maybe an air bubble gets in the area of the temp sensor or something. A liter of coolant inside of 20 minutes is a pretty sizable leak.
The other leak that’s been reported at times is the thermostat housing, so maybe check that as well.
The pattern of drips looks like a front coolant leak, but with the skid plate attached, can’t be sure. It might just be pooling up and dripping out the front holes on the skid plate. Still, front engine area seems most likely.
Just my $.02, but I would stop driving this vehicle if I were you. You’ve probably read the horror stories on here about people running out of coolant and overheating. Almost every one of them says the temp gauge did not budge from center. I think the temp gauge just doesn’t work once there is a sizable leak - not sure why, maybe an air bubble gets in the area of the temp sensor or something. A liter of coolant inside of 20 minutes is a pretty sizable leak.