It's official. Mazda is ordering me a new water pump. Thanks everyone for the quick diagnosis.

I get to spend the weekend in a loaner car......wonder what they will give me.....

 

If I were a Mantis I would want a Beetle .

 

^^ BWAHAHAHAHA! awesome dude...

 

could be coolant, have you checked your turn signal fluid? you could also have a failing lugnut gasket sensor...

 

Mantis, hope you car is back in time for the meet in tampa, 1 week to go!

 

I always got Mazda 6's in Jax. Haven't had a loaner here.

 

 

Car is back, running great. I still smell coolant, but will wait a week and see if it is just burning off.......

They also threw in one of those new dipsticks for me, ye haw.

 

"What is green and coming out of my 8?" No that the car is fixed and the crisis is over, that sounds like a beginning of a good joke. Can someone come up with a punch line?

 

glad to hear, cant wait for the meet this weekend, ive got a time crunch, another new hood coming in, hope this one wont arive damaged, and then paint it and be done, for now...next week is project side skirt. lol

 

Good news. Maybe mine will fail and I can get the new dipstick :D

btw, I read yesterday that the seals in water pumps are made out of carbon. That might explain why you saw black in addition to the green drips when it was first starting.

 

Expo is lucky he is not near, but stroker could use a few good chokes......hardy har har.........they don't call me mantis because I want to hug you.....


Carbon eh? interesting . maybe the material is flurocarbon, which is pretty hard compared to buna rubber or viton.... Not as hard as teflon, but able to withstand a decent amount of pressure.... flurocarbon is a clear or black material but doesn't wear off being that is is pressurized.....funny visual on that though....

hydraulics.....and arts are my occupation so both carbons are covered.
She is running well. Still smell the coolant, but it could be overflowing after they installed the new pump.....thanks for the help everyone.....

 

Did you run over a plastic bag and it melted to the exhaust?

 

My water pump went out today. Sad.

 

The dealer gave me a base 6 to drive for 3days......good luck......

 

I have a 6 for the time being as well. I couldn't convince them that a Miata would make a better loaner car.

 

uh yeah, I tried that too.....didn't work for me either. Good luck with the new pump. Tell me if you still smell coolant one week after the pump is replaced. I still am smelling it, but am hoping it's just overflow or excess that is burning off somewhere.......