Driving home from dinner with friends last night suddenly ‘Low Coolant’ warning on the dash. Get home and sure enough water leaking from somewhere in the front of the engine. Into the garag today and determined that the water was exiting from the water pump.
It would have to be one of the easiest pumps to replace, 3 bolts to remove the water pump pulley while the belt is on, de-lace the serpentine belt, slipping and smashing the fitting which connects the top tank to the header tank ugh! 5 bolts and the pump is off. Of course nothing is convenient, SWMBO has been having to drive the R as her car is a manual and she has cartilage damage to her left leg and her Physio instructed her car:( so looks like I will be playing chauffeur until its fixed.