LLY: Is my Water Pump gone?
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Yeah, w/p is probably bad, although if I were paint, Id check that bypass hose above the balancer first.
w/p replacement isnt too bad a job. Hell, if Ben can do one without breaking anything, anyone can do it! :rofl:
j/k Ben
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Ck evrything thoroughly . Could be a few other things there leaking . Try to get your head under there to see the weep hole n bottom of pump . If it looks like it coming out of the weep hole , yes replace pump . More than likely it is the pump .
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Since you were just in there messing with things , I would look over the upper stuff for leaks also . Basically look at anything you just touched doing the pump mod . Maybe you left something loose .
Johnny
But:
Since you were just in there messing with things , I would look over the upper stuff for leaks also . Basically look at anything you just touched doing the pump mod . Maybe you left something loose .
Johnny
I think it's the crossover that you said you had to tweek to get on. Just remembered about that.
. Just remembered about that.
Just wondering why the the heater core will plug? There are smaller restictions in the sytem than that.No?
I have to agree with not using bars. I stay away from any fix it in a bottle stuff. I used that bars crap do in a rad on my high school drag car. Yes the rad was about shot but it didnt overheat till I put that bars crap in and it plugged up my almost shot rad and heater core.
Its for emergencies only in my mind . It got the kodiak back from bonneville with a pump that leaked out in 7 miles without it . After we made it 50 miles at a time adding fluids
it could be the rubber hose under the oil fill tube... i remember i couldn't get the factory clamp on all the way ill check in the morning
Bars leak will build up and clog a heater core. done so many after customers thought they'd save a few bucks on a radiator. Anytime you use a magic mechanic in a can, there's usually always a down side to go with th up side.
well looks like the idiot strikes again:rofl:
i see coolant leak marks around the left bolt(it was completely loose) and once i tightened that one i heard air so they are both all tight now and the leak is fixed. I am overwhelmingly happy that my water pump isn't leaking
i see coolant leak marks around the left bolt(it was completely loose) and once i tightened that one i heard air so they are both all tight now and the leak is fixed. I am overwhelmingly happy that my water pump isn't leaking
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:spit: Dang them loose bolts!
In case of an emergency leak fix.....Or cheap asses:rofl:
CAYENNE PEPPER POWDER!!!
YES, I have used it! Yes, it works wonderfully, dosnt clog stuff, cheap, get it anywhere.
My old 95' F-350 PSD i had got the hot stuff temporary fix! Few winters ago, before goin to work, i'd fire it up with the remote start and let it warm up while i got ready to leave. Well i go out to leave and i see coolant all over the ground, great! Open the hood and see a stream coming out of the core. Ran back inside grabed the cayenne pepper, dumped about 6-8 TBSP of it in the rad. I fire it up, and watching the coolant peeing out it suddenly stops! Cool! That one treatment lasted me the 5 months i waited to get a new radiator! Its like a $500 rad. I only replaced it because i had some distance driving to do and wanted the peace of mind, but it never leaked again
In case of an emergency leak fix.....Or cheap asses:rofl:
CAYENNE PEPPER POWDER!!!
YES, I have used it! Yes, it works wonderfully, dosnt clog stuff, cheap, get it anywhere.
My old 95' F-350 PSD i had got the hot stuff temporary fix! Few winters ago, before goin to work, i'd fire it up with the remote start and let it warm up while i got ready to leave. Well i go out to leave and i see coolant all over the ground, great! Open the hood and see a stream coming out of the core. Ran back inside grabed the cayenne pepper, dumped about 6-8 TBSP of it in the rad. I fire it up, and watching the coolant peeing out it suddenly stops! Cool! That one treatment lasted me the 5 months i waited to get a new radiator! Its like a $500 rad. I only replaced it because i had some distance driving to do and wanted the peace of mind, but it never leaked again
Exactly, i'm sure they have failed at low mileage but damn 41,000 miles which has mostly been pretty easy driving(Hypertech III for 25,000 miles
) I would have been surprised but now all is well
:spit: Dang them loose bolts!
In case of an emergency leak fix.....Or cheap asses:rofl:
CAYENNE PEPPER POWDER!!!
YES, I have used it! Yes, it works wonderfully, dosnt clog stuff, cheap, get it anywhere.
My old 95' F-350 PSD i had got the hot stuff temporary fix! Few winters ago, before goin to work, i'd fire it up with the remote start and let it warm up while i got ready to leave. Well i go out to leave and i see coolant all over the ground, great! Open the hood and see a stream coming out of the core. Ran back inside grabed the cayenne pepper, dumped about 6-8 TBSP of it in the rad. I fire it up, and watching the coolant peeing out it suddenly stops! Cool! That one treatment lasted me the 5 months i waited to get a new radiator! Its like a $500 rad. I only replaced it because i had some distance driving to do and wanted the peace of mind, but it never leaked again
Any pepper should work....Also heard a egg white
Never tried it though
Exactly, i'm sure they have failed at low mileage but damn 41,000 miles which has mostly been pretty easy driving(Hypertech III for 25,000 miles
Im glad it was something simple. 41000 miles is low, but Ive seen stranger things.....
Mythbusters did the egg trick...and it worked.sweetdiesel said:
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