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2001 Suburban - Head gasket leaking?

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Ok, so if it's not one thing it's another. I changed out the water pump a month or so ago to resolve what I was told was a leaking water pump. I took the truck in for an oil change over the weekend and they said I have a coolant leak, and showed me where it was. They said it could be the water pump seal or the head gasket.

I dried off the top of the block right behind the water pump where it looked damp and then started the truck and could see it get damp again over a couple minute time frame of the truck running. I did it again just to confirm. It is in fact leaking from the head gasket, not the water pump.

With that being said....what is the recommended course of action? Drive it for a while until as it is a slow leak? Get all the gaskets replaced, I assume that is $$$? New engine from the junkyard?

I have read that some people don't recommend doing the head gasket without checking things in the bottom end as well....thus why the new engine option was listed.

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