Q: What is leaking the coolant in my car?

asked by on May 17, 2017

My 2003 chevy malibu starts to spray coolant by the water pump pulley after I leave the car turned on for about a minute also I checked and none of the hoses are leaking.

My car has 127000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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