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Old Mar 17, 2009 | 11:23 PM
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Look under the water pump, see if its coming out of the weep hole. also check around and under the thermostat housing for coolant pooling around there.
 
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Old Mar 17, 2009 | 11:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Old93junk
Look under the water pump, see if its coming out of the weep hole. also check around and under the thermostat housing for coolant pooling around there.
Why didn't I think of that?
 
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Old Mar 17, 2009 | 11:58 PM
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Why didn't I think of that?
Why wasnt I paying attention?....never have before, no reason to now! HAHA!
 
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Old Mar 18, 2009 | 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Old93junk
Look under the water pump, see if its coming out of the weep hole. also check around and under the thermostat housing for coolant pooling around there.
Ok, so I crawled under the truck today since we had a nice day. It appears that it's coming from above where the lower radiator hose connects to the water pump.

Is this near or where the weep hole is?

After looking at it, I am leaning towards needing a new water pump =(

What do you guys think?
 
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Old Mar 18, 2009 | 05:26 PM
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it will rust around that weep hole area.

use a strong flashlight to see.

did you have system pressure checked?

do that before you start throwing parts at it.
 
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Old Mar 18, 2009 | 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by quicklook2
it will rust around that weep hole area.

use a strong flashlight to see.

did you have system pressure checked?

do that before you start throwing parts at it.

No, I just looked at it with a flash light. Truck is not running right now, have to replace the TFI ignition module, so i can't go anywhere right now to have the test done.

Where exactly is the weep hole?
 
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Old Mar 18, 2009 | 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by f250_kinda_girl
No, I just looked at it with a flash light. Truck is not running right now, have to replace the TFI ignition module, so i can't go anywhere right now to have the test done.

Where exactly is the weep hole?
here is a picture from an 87 f150 from the top it should be directly below this hole!
 
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