Would the water pump send anti freeze every where under the hood? Maybe he'll be lucky and it will only be a hose. Given that he has some pretty high mileage IIRC then that wouldn't to unlikely.

Green 96 mystique gs 4cyl mtx 16.9 in the 1/4 mile @102500 miles 95SE in Midnight Red MTX MSDS headers and y-pipe SVT exhaust SVT UIM Optimized se TB. Full pre 98 SVT body kit 15.741 @ 87.73mph :)