63 anti freeze leak

[Kim K Kaiser]

I just noticed a leak that is coming down the lower radiator hose,, it appeard to be coming from the top of the lower hose.. l cleaned it, and checked the clamp,, it needed a few turns to get it reAL tight,,, thought that fixed it, but it hasnt,, I got back under, and it looks like, it may be coming from just above the connection of the lower hose,, I dont remember where that weep hole is, but it seems it was pretty close to that,, and,, even with the hose tightened to were it cant tighten.. 

Is there another test for that weep hole?  I dont want to pull that off I fi dont have to.  

Secondly,  I remember water pump tolerances on the gates unit was not to proper specifications and running peoples cars hot,,

Has anyone found another source of a properly made water pump in the last year or so.. IF the one I  have is bad, it only lasted about 8k miles.  I would have thought it would wear out so fast, 

Anyway, any suggestion would be helpful

Kim

[Ray Schick]

Use a pressure tester, if you have one ,or go to Autozone where they rent or loan out tools .clean everything off hook it up ,and wait and watch for leaks

[3ft7bqmb7dryo]

Just use a mirror and flashlight to look for the water pump weep hole. If you see a stain where the coolant has been running out, the pump is bad.

[Kim K Kaiser]

yeah, that's what I just did and its got a black stain, you can follow right to top of hose,, oh well.

so, which one are we trying to purchase now,  the gates one is like 65 bucks and there are two other brands through either Kanter or rock auto, and they run almost 200 bucks... I know there was a seating problem on one of them that wasnt cooling properly, so I sure want to avoid that.

the cordone model with the encloesed impeller just dest seem to be available any more and wasnt over a year ago, guessing out of production,