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O.L.T. - I think this is what they did as well. I don't see an actual seal, just a red "paste" around the edges. A few days ago I noticed the spots, then a few drops of pink'ish water, now I see it all over the place. I'm going to stop by their shop and throw some hell. I spent well over $1,000 on this waterpump/90k service with the timing belt. I'll be damned if I spend that kind of money again because a shop couldn't properly install a waterpump.
Catch more bee's with honey........ Try pointing to the obvious and letting them tell you what they will do. Should work just fine given the way it looks.
Catch more bee's with honey........ Try pointing to the obvious and letting them tell you what they will do. Should work just fine given the way it looks.
Should I be concerned with water leaking on the alternator below?
Stopped by the original mechanic during my lunch break and showed him the issue and simply said "what can you do for me?". They're going to fix it for free next week Hopefully that will be one less problem with this thing.
The only thing that I'm going to pay for is Toyota coolant. This is a euro shop and they'll refill it with some nasty cheap green stuff. I'll pick some up from the local Toyota dealer tomorrow.
Avoiding any possibility of a coolant war over opinion I will simply state a fact. Toyota (and BMW) state THEIR coolant is worth 3 times as much money because it better fights corrosion internally. Other than that, boil point is boil point.... makes no difference.
My black SC that I have put 250k on in 9 years has always ran Advanced Auto Parts green coolant. I went into it to do water pump, timing belt, pulleys 2 weeks ago and this is what it looked like inside. (see below)
Better than a decade of green coolant, 250,000 miles, and 2 decades of use total and it is mirror glass shine inside.
yep my car got green coolant too and 240k and clean. Green is fine no problem with it. When i work on Toyotas for my customers to keep them happy i usually use GM dexcool the color is almost the same, just alot esier to get vs waiting 2hrs+ for a dealer to deliver 2 gal of coolant. BMW coolant is Blue so is new Honda.
I run distilled water and 2 things of water wetter when spring/summer and switch to toyota red antifreeze in the winter just to make sure nothing freezes.