This past weekend I replaced my leaky water pump. The leak ended up to be coming from the bearing seal around the shaft, but the gasket was falling apart anyways.
When I took off the old pump, I found that the weep hole in the block was plugged solid with what I suspect to be stopleak. I put some in approx 5 months ago when my radiator was leaking. soon thereafter I replaced the radiator, and upper hose. I then did a full system checmical flush and refilled with fresh, clean, brand new coolant.
I just thought I woudl share this info as something to think about before you put any in your car. I am not entirely sure of the purpose of the weep hole, but I dont imagine that it's being blocked was good. Btw, I cleaned out the hole with a small roofing nail I had in my tool box.
On a side note: I did the entire water pump replacement from a combination of above the car and through the wheel well. And I did not remove the AC as previously reccomended. Overall it took me about 2 and a half hours. Next time it will take far less. The tricky part was getting the pulley bolts off then back on. once I figured out what bolt to jamb a piece of wood against for removal, I was set. putting the pulley bolts back on was another story. lol Oh yeh, and I made a total mess with the RTV
Radiator StopLeak possibly bad 
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