Heating & cooling system

Asked by Lisa May 14, 2016 at 08:18 PM about the 2004 Kia Optima EX V6

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

How to tell the diffrence if the water pump is
bad or is it the head gasket?

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CSRT4 answered 8 years ago

If you have a bad water pump it will actually leak fluid from the bottom of the water pump housing. A bad head gasket can cause water to get in your oil OR oil in your water. water in your oil will look like a chocolate milk shake. head gasket can cause overheating. and the obvious constant adding water to the radiator.

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