Here lately it seems like I can only get out and work on the car maybe 30 minutes a day if I'm lucky. I'm making very slow progress, but I am getting a little done. I drained the coolant the other night. It's impossible to drain my radiator without taking a bath and getting coolant everywhere, but I was able to catch most of it to reuse. It barely has any miles on it. If you guys think I should just change it feel free to chime in.
Here is where we are right now.
You can clearly see behind the water pump coolant is pooling on top of the timing chain cover.
What did surprise me was the thermostat housing.
That thing is new as of a little over a year ago. I think. I changed it out, but don't remember exactly when. No matter what it barely has any miles on it. I got it from Rock Auto I believe. I also remember using distilled water to fill the system. At this point I'm debating on ordering a new one and just biting the bullet, paying extra and getting an aluminum one. What do you guys think?
I know the feeling of not enough time. I finally started using time in the morning before work, but I hate only getting at it for short amounts of time. Something better than nothing I guess.
Good luck getting this fixed up. I guess the good thing is you caught it early!!