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Coolant Leak my 2003 chevy silverado 1500 frequenlty displays low coolant on the message center. i have replaced the intake manifold gasket thinking that was th eproblem to no avail. i believe that it is leaking at the water pump however am unable to see the area well to tell. any ideas?

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Remove the belt,fan and pully their is a small hole in the bottom of the water pump you will be able too tell if its been leaking out of their, if so replace the waterpump

  • wishpond Jan 04, 2011

    we've been having the same problem with our Chevy. I've been taking it in before the warranty ran out. To no avail they don't have any answer to this. We have replace the water pump, intake manifold, gasket, core plug and flushed. I think every 1/10,000 chevy truck had this problem and I happen to get stuck with one. Currenty, we gave up trying to fix the problem and just make sure that it don't goes empty on the coolant. Any take on this.

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