I've been battling a cooling prob for awhile. Leak, replaced all the gaskets on the upper half because they were leaking.
No, I drove the car for 15 minutes, ran to 180 in a few minutes and only cooled when driving at near 50+.....by the time I got her home, 210......and that was after a 15 minute drive with a break.
Stopped and parked in the street and a nice 18 inch coolant stain on the street.
My buddy who is my mechanic........and I want to trust cuz he builds this type of stuff all day long....well he tells me water pump leaking. He didn't just guess.....got underneath with a mirror and that's what he told me.
I jacked her up....I'm not seeing it? Of course now its like 5 hours later.....should I assume it only leaks when its hot or warm? I'm tired of chasing ghosts, yet I trust this guy with my car because I've seen his work and he is A++.
Also.......
Part 2!
My fan clutch has gone bad I think, thus making more cooling probs.
Should my fan spin freely while off? I'm thinking it should have some friction. Right now, nothing. Which would only help explain my cooling probs at lower speeds and traffic.
Pffffft.
No, I drove the car for 15 minutes, ran to 180 in a few minutes and only cooled when driving at near 50+.....by the time I got her home, 210......and that was after a 15 minute drive with a break.
Stopped and parked in the street and a nice 18 inch coolant stain on the street.
My buddy who is my mechanic........and I want to trust cuz he builds this type of stuff all day long....well he tells me water pump leaking. He didn't just guess.....got underneath with a mirror and that's what he told me.
I jacked her up....I'm not seeing it? Of course now its like 5 hours later.....should I assume it only leaks when its hot or warm? I'm tired of chasing ghosts, yet I trust this guy with my car because I've seen his work and he is A++.
Also.......
Part 2!
My fan clutch has gone bad I think, thus making more cooling probs.
Should my fan spin freely while off? I'm thinking it should have some friction. Right now, nothing. Which would only help explain my cooling probs at lower speeds and traffic.
Pffffft.
I didn't even take the belt off. The weep hole will look like a little hole drilled into the water pump. It will be wet there if it is leaking there. I guess you could have popped a gasket with what you used to vaccum the cooling system. I've never tried one of those before.
