thermostat question

[gtsn95]

i was driving around and stopped at light smelled anti freeze so pulled over and looked under hood and saw some dripping from sway bar and the upper readiator hose felt like the thermostat hasent opened would a bad thermostat cause the water pump to leak a little cause of the pressure

 

[yukisho]

That would be a seal. How many miles do you have on that seal?

 

[gtsn95]

i bought the car with 95000 they said they just replaced water pump but whose to say it now has 106000

 

[toyman]

i was driving around and stopped at light smelled anti freeze so pulled over and looked under hood and saw some dripping from sway bar and the upper readiator hose felt like the thermostat hasent opened would a bad thermostat cause the water pump to leak a little cause of the pressure

Probably not as the rad cap will release pressure at 16 psi. If the T-stat was stuck closed you would see both high pressure and temperatures. As you make no mention of temperature I'm assuming it wasn't an issue. Most likely the WP seal has failed for whatever reason. Not sure what you are basing your statement on the upper hose felt like the T-stat hasn't opened. Was the hose cold, soft or hard?

 

[gtsn95]

both hoses were hot and hard cant really tell you about temp gauge cause does not work properly just seemed there were alot of pressure on hoses and maybe went to the seal for release of pressure

 

[gtsn95]

well looked under car saw that the coolant was leaking from wheap hole so got a new one looks like the guy who said he just replaced it was full of crap cause its a ford piece and still had factory hose clamps on pump pretty easy except for freakin autozone gave me wrong gasket and bought serp belt and it was way to short what size belt do you guys run cause when i replaced alternator it was impossible to put belt back on i needed help