AOS replaced. Now Coolant Leak.

[Idaho Red Rocket 3]

My first read I thought "dead cat" was referring to the catalitic converter. Since it pulled apart very easy, I was wondering what that would be like. Just how easy is it to remove a catalitic converter ?

As it is a real dead cat (toasted - I would think) that is kind of funny. The poor thing probably climbed in there after the car was parked to stay warm.

[J's boxster]

Nipple Assy broke on mine as well on the engine side of firewall! Check there too
And ewwwwww on the dead kitty.....

[coolbreeze551]

Originally Posted by J's boxster

Nipple Assy broke on mine as well on the engine side of firewall! Check there too
And ewwwwww on the dead kitty.....

What's a nipple assy? I'm not trying to be a ******************** but did you misspell the word or did you just mean nipple? Because I have a sneaking suspicion that that's what is going on after crossing off the other suspects

[coolbreeze551]

I jacked the car up today and after a lot of poking and pulling out more bits of cat... I found wear the leak was coming from... The f'n water pump! If I was correct in locating the leak, it appeared that the leak is coming from the bolt on the water pump closest to the ground but when I wiped it all dry with a paper towel and stuck my hand in, it felt like the leak was coming from higher up. Possibly a weeping hole? I think I am going to order the part from suncoast and once I receive it, take the car into a Porsche indie mechanic and have them work on it. I've had all the dead cat I can take for one month. I was hoping that it would have been an obvious leaking hose and it would be an easy replacement.

An additional note is that I did not start the car when I had a clear view of the water pump. I only start the car prior to removing the panels and shut it off before I removed them because the leak was pretty steady.

If anyone has any other suggestions or recommendations I would be extremely grateful.

[Iflylow]

I huess the easiest way see the leak would be to clean it up, crawl under and have a buddy pour some coolant/water in. since it comes straight out, should be straight forward.

[Steve Tinker]

Pouring water into the coolant bottle will do nothing. That is, if it's a failed water pump -it (usually) has to be running to leak...

[coolbreeze551]

Originally Posted by Steve Tinker

Pouring water into the coolant bottle will do nothing. That is, if it's a failed water pump -it (usually) has to be running to leak...

That's what I thought. That is the only reason I am not 100% sure that it's the water pump and not something a little higher that I can't see.