Well been losing coolant, didn't relize it until the "Coolant Level Low" warning poped up. I filled it with the proper dexcool mixture and monitored my driveway for spots.
Well it seems the car only leaks 2 small spots worth that appear to originate from the waterpump. The shop we always take the car to said that if it is the waterpump it could be a long time and best to take it to a dealer because they have the "special" tools and they haven't done a Northstar waterpump before. The part is "cheapish" but the labor is up to 6 hours according to Cadillac information to replace the entire pump and houseing, if its just an O-Ring or Gasket something like 3 hours. The shop we go to says that since they don't have the tools they might not even be able to do it.
Anyway it seems to only leak a small amount after the engine runs, during operation it doesn't seem to lose any coolant while under pressure, the colder outside however, the more it lost.
My observations from our Thanksgiving trip (Buffalo, NY to near Fort Knox, KY) is that while driveing through the areas of low temperature (snowing, freezing rain, etc and around 29-30 degrees) I had to add coolant at each "pit stop" while getting warmer and on the return trip with warmer whether their wasn't much coolant lost at all. This might also be why I didn't notice anything before our first snow storm when the temperture was lower.
I'm thinking this a gasket/o-ring problem as I can hear the water pump working. Just wondered your opinions. The dealer told my father they will run an 80-90 dollar computer check-up on it for diagnostic purposes to find out whats wrong. I told him forget that since we know somethings leaking and I pulled no codes relating, nor do I think a computer can tell anything other than what sensors tell it.
Well it seems the car only leaks 2 small spots worth that appear to originate from the waterpump. The shop we always take the car to said that if it is the waterpump it could be a long time and best to take it to a dealer because they have the "special" tools and they haven't done a Northstar waterpump before. The part is "cheapish" but the labor is up to 6 hours according to Cadillac information to replace the entire pump and houseing, if its just an O-Ring or Gasket something like 3 hours. The shop we go to says that since they don't have the tools they might not even be able to do it.
Anyway it seems to only leak a small amount after the engine runs, during operation it doesn't seem to lose any coolant while under pressure, the colder outside however, the more it lost.
My observations from our Thanksgiving trip (Buffalo, NY to near Fort Knox, KY) is that while driveing through the areas of low temperature (snowing, freezing rain, etc and around 29-30 degrees) I had to add coolant at each "pit stop" while getting warmer and on the return trip with warmer whether their wasn't much coolant lost at all. This might also be why I didn't notice anything before our first snow storm when the temperture was lower.
I'm thinking this a gasket/o-ring problem as I can hear the water pump working. Just wondered your opinions. The dealer told my father they will run an 80-90 dollar computer check-up on it for diagnostic purposes to find out whats wrong. I told him forget that since we know somethings leaking and I pulled no codes relating, nor do I think a computer can tell anything other than what sensors tell it.