Tech help needed

I've been battling a cooling prob for awhile. Leak, replaced all the gaskets on the upper half because they were leaking.

No, I drove the car for 15 minutes, ran to 180 in a few minutes and only cooled when driving at near 50+.....by the time I got her home, 210......and that was after a 15 minute drive with a break.

Stopped and parked in the street and a nice 18 inch coolant stain on the street.

My buddy who is my mechanic........and I want to trust cuz he builds this type of stuff all day long....well he tells me water pump leaking. He didn't just guess.....got underneath with a mirror and that's what he told me.

I jacked her up....I'm not seeing it? Of course now its like 5 hours later.....should I assume it only leaks when its hot or warm? I'm tired of chasing ghosts, yet I trust this guy with my car because I've seen his work and he is A++.



Also.......


Part 2!

My fan clutch has gone bad I think, thus making more cooling probs.

Should my fan spin freely while off? I'm thinking it should have some friction. Right now, nothing. Which would only help explain my cooling probs at lower speeds and traffic.


Pffffft.

Oh, to preface.....prior it never ran above 180....NEVER!

T-stat is good, all air bubbles are gone......guarantee it is not an air or burping prob.

Only pressure test I did was hooking up a tool to suck the air out.

Hmmmm........


Wonder if that blew the water pump gaskets. It sucked hella air out of the system.

What is the weep hole and how do I check?

Any advice on the fan clutch....cuz I'm about to pull it!