I normally park my car, nose down, on a slight incline.

The other day I noticed a small puddle ( about 3 quaters size ) at the front of the car. Check it and found it to be coolant. Look at the peep hole on the water pump, seems dry.

This problem does not occur when I park nose up.

I am aware that these cars do have a small drain tube at the bottom of the water pump that can, at times, cause a small amount of coolant to drain.

Am I missing some tell tale sign?

Maybe forcing pressure into the cooling system with an external pressure device will force the leak to identify itself.

You should be able to borrow something like this from Autozone -

http://weisstool.com/store/products/KD-3700.jpg

Sixto
93 300SD

Is there high pressure in the cooling system when the engine is cold? (Well there may not be, if you have a leak, d'oh.) Eithe way, it sounds like the pump is on the way out... they're fairly cheap, I'd replace it.

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Boise, ID
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