NorthrnSCownr
Registered User
My Water Pump issue, is that I have just noticed that the previous owner (crooked dealer) put a wad of silicone on the Water Pump Vent. There is a small amount of coolant that drips down on the parts beneath, but it's not bad at all.
<p> My question is what are the potential problums I could run into with this not so good pump, as I wait for an opportunity to work on it? I have small leak from my Valve Cover Gasket, so I will take the pump off anyway to get at that, but here in Maine, it's about 20 degrees on the warm side, and garage access is hard to come by where I am. I am thinking of driving it to a friends garage a few hundred miles away since I am do for a visit anyhow. I have noticed that the small Valve Cover leak basically stopps once the car is warmed up, so I am not too concerned with that, but I sure don't want the pump to go on me while I am heading down south! <p> What are the symptoms of a blown pump? And would it go slowly, or all at once? <P> All help is warmly appreciated
<p> My question is what are the potential problums I could run into with this not so good pump, as I wait for an opportunity to work on it? I have small leak from my Valve Cover Gasket, so I will take the pump off anyway to get at that, but here in Maine, it's about 20 degrees on the warm side, and garage access is hard to come by where I am. I am thinking of driving it to a friends garage a few hundred miles away since I am do for a visit anyhow. I have noticed that the small Valve Cover leak basically stopps once the car is warmed up, so I am not too concerned with that, but I sure don't want the pump to go on me while I am heading down south! <p> What are the symptoms of a blown pump? And would it go slowly, or all at once? <P> All help is warmly appreciated