Ok guys heres a status update....the leaking got to the point where I could only drive about 2-3 miles before I had to pull over and fill the radiator and all my parts come in on thursday so this is what I did: I got the radiator off, not completely, just out of the way, I took the front fan blade off, got the belt off and had access to the wp, but the only bolt I could get off was the hex key bolt in the front. The other two are behind the damn waterpump and the intake manifold is blocking it! Damn Germans! what were they thinking?! Anyways, while I had complete access and couldn't remove or get to the two bolts behind, I decided to add some water directly into the wp to pinpoint the leak and it was coming from a tiny hole that I could not see, but I could feel with my finger and see water pouring at a steady stream. Only having one car and needing to work tomorrow I decided to do a temporary fix. I slathered some high-temp resistant silicone over the hole and let it sit for a few hours. I put everything back together and let it sit for a few hours and when I added the water, BINGO! no more leak! Not competely satisfied with the water holding, I decided to test it out and drove around for a while and what do you know, its fixed! I don't no for how long, but so far so good. I'm tempted to leave it as is until it starts leaking again because I could not even get the damn pump off. The belt tensioner tightened right back up as well, no squeling at all on the initial start. What do you guys think of this quick fix? Is it ok to see how long the silicone holds for? Is there any risk in that?

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1990 190E 3.0L