NCStatePack Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Hi all, My Fusion sport recently started leaking both oil AND coolant at the same time (~105k miles). The leaks are splattering around the entire timing cover area, so it's hard to tell where they start. My gut tells me the coolant is coming from the water pump, but I can't explain the oil. There is a noticeable whine coming from the engine while idling, and I'm losing about a 1/2 gallon of anti-freeze every day. Are there any design quirks about this engine that might cause oil to come out of a bad water pump? It is strange to me because prior to last week I had zero fluid leaks coming from this thing and now it saturates the driveway. Btw, my local dealer estimates 2100 big ones to replace the water pump 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FusionDiffusion Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Yeah, unfortunately the water pump is probably the most expensive thing to go wrong with the 3.5L engine short of catastrophic failure. The coolant pump is timing chain driven and lives under the timing cover, so they have to remove the timing chains and cams to get to it. Maybe something failed and busted a hole in the timing cover? A mechanic defiantly needs to look at it, I wouldn't drive it anymore if it's losing that much coolant. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCStatePack Posted January 18, 2016 Author Share Posted January 18, 2016 Dealer quoted me about 2960 to change water pump and.... - Valve cover gaskets - Intake manifold seal - Crank seal - Various fluids to be replaced when the engine is removed I'm not sure that the above parts are even leaking, and I plan on asking them to show me the leak. I imagine the water pump replacement would be $2100 to start with, so the other 800 is all in the random gaskets. I question whether the labor should really be that high for the gaskets and seals since the engine will already be out of the car, but anyways. What are you guys' thoughts on changing out all those other gaskets at this time? I'm not sold on those gaskets/seals actually leaking, since this fluid leak (coolant and oil) started at about the same time, but if they can show me the leak point then of course I'd change them too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickP Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 (edited) The lions share of that cost isn't parts, but labor. If you don't the time, ability or resources to do the job yourself, your options are limited. Pretty sure the gaskets, seals and fluids would not cost more than a $250+ water pump assembly. https://www.google.com/search?q=2010+fusion+sport+water+pump&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#tbm=shop&q=2010+ford+fusion+sport+water+pump&spd=7839412231150354887 Edited February 24, 2016 by RickP 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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