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Coolant leak below water pump at engine (?)

Kilian Erler

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Hey guys I have a holden commodore 92 v6 3.8 automatic unleaded wagon.
I replaced the water pump, Thermostat and fan belt 2 days ago and now my coolant is leaking below the water pump but not from it. I don't know if that part is the engine or something else, here are some pictures:
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To me and my very limited knowledge it looks like the seal/gasket is the problem but I don't know what parts it is connecting and what I should do about it. Is it enough to buy a silicone glue and stick it on there or do I have to take everything apart to replace that gasket?
 

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Did you put thread sealant on the bolts? This is what it looks like to me leakage through the bolts. The gaskets don't often give problems, even the timing cover one.
 

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I wounder if its the heater pipe Above it looks like its trailing down from the top, they have a O-ring seal.
 

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Here, https://imgur.com/a/BeMsDUd
The car was standing around for one year as well. I don't know if it's the gasket and also what I can do. Is there any temporary solution to this? Because I want to be able to move home about 45 min from here and to get to work on Sunday. Any silicone glue or something that I can put onto it?
 

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Do you mean number 1 or number 2? Because I also didn't touch bolt number 2 in the process of replacing the water pump.
And do you mean something like permatex?
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Timing case gasket may have blown out or pin hole in timing case...
 

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Looks like the gasket has gone. Try some bars leak as a temporary repair.
 

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Nah looks like the big bolt on the water pump leaking to me. I have seen this before and it looks like the timing cover gasket but it's not. I don't know why but the bolt leaks occur where the cover meets the block. OP has probably fixed it but like many newbies you never find out.
 
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