Was filling my recently rebuilt d16a6 up with fluids today, car is up on jacks in the front and I start filling the rad up, get about 2L in there and I start hearing a drip.

Look under the car, coming from drivers side rear, throw a bucket under there and climb under right away, theres a little steady stream that seems to be coming out of a little hole that is directly infront of the alternator

I just checked on my spare motor here and at the bottom right of the waterpump is a hole, kind of on an angle, on this motor here it wasnt plugged either

Is something supposed to go inside this hole or something? Obviously its not supposed to leak, but its not a threaded hole so I dont know what to do or what is the oem setup like

Thanks guys

 

That is your weep hole, meant to be there to tell you if your water pump is going out. Do you have a gasket on the water pump housing?

 

Im pretty sure I used high temp gasket sealant around the waterpump

This was just filling the rad with coolant though, why would it leak

 

water pump is bad brother.

 

Its not bad though, its basically new, oem pumps dont blow after one season

The pump ran fine also when the engine was pulled, new internals instlaled and now put back into engine

If I just plug this weep hole with some jb weld, will the water just go somewhere else or will it stay contained in there?

 

well, if you needed 30 stitches in the eye would you put a band aid on it and forget about it. seriously if you just went through all the trouble of changing the internals why not spend $40 on a WP.

 

Because its $120 and a lot of install work, I want to start and run this motor

The pump was replced recently

 

The water pump is bad like the guy said. Go to this website. They have cheap honda genuine parts... http://www.hondaautomotivepart...h.jsp

 

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The pump ran fine also when the engine was pulled, new internals instlaled and now put back into engine

If I just plug this weep hole with some jb weld, will the water just go somewhere else or will it stay contained in there?</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

i got my OEM honda water pump from the dealer in stock for $42 or something like that.

 

Not here

I think im gonna plgu the whole unless someone can tell me that the coolant is gonna go in a very bad place and will expletive something up

 

then what did you ask our advise for????????