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How far could I have gone on a seized water pump? 200 1980

posted by  someone claiming to be Skip on  Fri Sep 19 01:53 CST 2003 [RELATED]

You did what you needed to do. Without coolant circulating, you could not go anywhere. $402 CDN is a little high but not outright robbery. Squeezing the hoses is a legit way to get the air out of the system.

As far as the rest goes, The upper hose should be cool until the thermostat opens, and then get hot quickly. I suspect the engine did not have the time to completely cool off and the thermo opened really quickly. If the temp comes up quickly despite outside temp and stays where it's supposed to, the thermo is ok. The lower hose SHOULD be cooler than the upper. That's what the radiator is there for. Hmmm. It's a shame these things happen so often with big franchise places. I tend to be a little too trusting and generally chalk it up to ignorance and not criminal intent. Neither is good.

Skip
'93 850GLT
'83 242TI Flathood






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