My car has been loosing coolant for the past week, but there were never any puddles where I park at work or at the house. I finally caught it last night when I was in a parking lot for a couple of minutes. After it warms up coolant leaks fairly quickly from the car. I recently replaced the radiator which was cracked, aside from running cooler that didn't fix the leak. My only guess is the water pump. I was going to replace it today, but am looking for confirmation that I am not barking up the wrong tree. Car is a 2000 3.8.

 

Thread title is supposed to say "Is it the water pump?" Not me asking stupidly whether or not I am a water pump.

 

Saying it is the water pump would be a w.a.g., with not being able to see from here where the coolant is coming from.
If it is running that fast, you should be able to see where it's coming from if you get below the engine.

 

Get in there or under there and find out where it is leaking from before blindly replacing parts.

 

Here s a pic.

I let warm up and coolant started coming from above the water pump.

 

If its coming from anywhere near the water pump then replace it. Also are there any hoses near it that could have possibly ran onto it? If so, then just make sure where it is coming from. I would go ahead and change the thermostat too.

 

could be the dreaded plastic pipe.

 

Yeah. After i posted here I did some googling. That seems like it will be it. Is this what I need? And if so is there a better qulaity product out there?
NAPA AUTO PARTS

 

You need to see where te coolant is coming from. It could be the elbow it could be the pump it could be a pin hole in the hose spraying coolant or it could be the intake gasket. Borrow the pressure tester from a parts store and do a pressure test. Get under it and follow the trail.