Pas/water pump

having sorted out the snagging and leaks on my rebuilt TD5 engine I have noticed a weep from the side of the PAS/water pump housing. There is a small drilled hole in the housing which is weeping a small amount of coolant after the engine has been running. When I got underneath i noticed a couple of drips of pink fluid which must be pas fluid on the sump case. Is it common for both pumps to start leaking at the same time, maybe a common bearing problem? Or might there be another explanation for this

I have decided that the seals in the coolant pump have gone and the pink colour is actually the colour the coolant turns when its been used.
Question, handbook says you should strip off the centrifugal oil drain pipe and centrifuge as well as the turbo charger and oil filter. All of these have new seals and gaskets but the bible says to replace them. So first do I need to strip all that off or can you get the water pump out without doing so? Or as the seals and gaskets are new can I get away with reusing them. From memory apart from the turbo charger and the centrifuge return pipe (which have metal compression gaskets) everything else is rubber o rings

Dickeylefrog said:

the pink colour is actually the colour the coolant turns when its been used.

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Have you ever looked at the colour of your coolant?

Cheers

neilly said:

Have you ever looked at the colour of your coolant?

Cheers

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Yes its that dayglo orange stuff but it takes on a pinkish colour when its been used dont know if hats oxidation or heat that does that