Just did an 800km or so trip with beach driving and bumpy roads in between and everything seemed fine, then when I was mucking around with a loose sway bar link nut and tapping away lightly with a hammer I noticed a few green drips around the lip of my oil pan, and that my radiator was low (was full before the trip). After topping off and getting up to temp on a brief drive there is coolant going everywhere! Seems my water pump has catastrophically failed. There may have been a slight leak and the hammer taps took it to the next level.
Hoping this is just a water pump failure and a relatively easy fix. Doesn't appear to be any issues with foamy oil (but I'm going to check tomorrow when I do the regular oil change I'm due for). Hoses etc all look fine and it's definitely coming from near the water pump. Just seemed strange to go on such a long trip without any apparent issues then have this fail so suddenly and completely. Maybe I rattled a few bolts loose, or it was due to fail anyway and I'm lucky as hell it happened in my driveway! The coolant is pretty corroded and due for a change.
Hoping this is just a water pump failure and a relatively easy fix. Doesn't appear to be any issues with foamy oil (but I'm going to check tomorrow when I do the regular oil change I'm due for). Hoses etc all look fine and it's definitely coming from near the water pump. Just seemed strange to go on such a long trip without any apparent issues then have this fail so suddenly and completely. Maybe I rattled a few bolts loose, or it was due to fail anyway and I'm lucky as hell it happened in my driveway! The coolant is pretty corroded and due for a change.
