(01 boxster s) Car started making light pulley noises the past few drives that changed with RPM. Then last drive, coolant started dripping and smoking from rear right tire area. As I arrived home, the coolant all rapidly drained from the same area, reservoir was empty, and the coolant light was flashing.
Car's been parked. Now working on it weeks later. Jacked up rear, removed plastic skid tray, added some more coolant to find leak, massive leak comes from water pump area, highest drip I can find is behind the water pump pulley.
Car has 98k miles, and the maintenance records don't mention ever replacing water pump, so this is a water pump failure I assume? But wait there's more. I also found what appears to be a previous leak in the trunk. Are these issues even related?? I found a tiny bit of coolant in the trunk after the pump failed, but there is no way gallons drained out of it hours prior. Even when I just dumped more coolant in for testing, there was none leaking in the trunk. HOWEVER, there is big pink stains all over the trunk. Maybe the overflow tank leaked at one point but was replaced with a previous owner? But my coolant tank does have some bits of pink crust I found on the bottom of it so I don't know. Maybe it only leaks when the system is at operating pressure. Probably not going to DIY this job but I just want to have an idea of what's going on before I go to a mechanic.
