Hi, so yesterday when i got to work, i was parking my car when all of a sudden my car started to overheat. So i turned the car off and found that coolant was leaking from under the car (near the oil filter). I know i seen some people mension that the water pump might be bad but is there maybe something else i can check first before i spend $600 on a new water pump and timing kit lol

 

Hard to diag a leak over the internet with a description of where the fluid was hitting the ground.

It seems likely it's the water pump. But you'll have to do some disassembly and diag..

 

Could it have been coming from the reservoir overflow? The next time this happens check if the tank is full.

 

As mentioned without additional info your leak could basically be coming from anywhere. The car is most likely overheating bc its losing coolant or the temp sensor is no longer submersed in coolant so its not actually overheating but thinks it is. Regardless you need to find the source of the leak and go from there.

Had a buddy recently get his car back together and forgot to slide up the spring clamp on the lower rad hose. After some miles the car started overheating. He pulled off and was pissing out coolant. Quick glance under the car revealed his f up in that the lower rad hose had slipped off. Stuck it back on with clamp seated properly, refilled and bled system and good to go again. Moral of the story it could be anything that touches coolant at this point and there are quite a few coolant hoses.

 

Harbor frieght makes a radiator pressure tester, its a cheap tool easy to use to pressurize system and pinpoint leak. Its a harbor frieght tool so take it as it is but works good enough to use for a backyard guy doing own small repairs.