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Age: 63 Posts: 1584 Joined: 20th Mar 2005 Ride: EDL Fairmont Wagon/AU XR8 Ghia Location: Riverstone |
My wife took my car to work today while I changed the ignition in hers. On the way home the car droppped an alternator/water pump belt and only in the last 5 - 10 mins or so did the dash light up like a Xmas tree. When she got home steam was coming from the bonnet.
How much damage would have been done in that period of time with no water pump? Am I looking at nasty things or will the engine survive this major "hiccup"? I do have a spare EF engine but don't feel like doing an engine swap this weekend.... Cheers RD
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let it cool and see...
It may be fine if you are lucky my car ran a good 10 mins with no water at all... the head warped, but Its still running fine 150000 later
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not much if it was only a few kms from ya house or stopping just willheat up a tad unless it was still driven into the red area ofthe guage that is when s**t happens
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Have you put a new belt on and see if it runs ok? Check compression in each cylinder and check for any coolant leaks from the head gasket.
Remove the heat shield on the exhaust manifold and have a look. The alloy head may have got warped?
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that happened to me and i fried my engine... good luck!!!
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Well I dumped basically my whole coolant on the drag strip at 5000RPM and revs were held there until the dash lit up and engine temp went half way up gauge. Nursed her back to the "pits", temporary fixed it and drove it for an hour or so home.
The engine is still running now and pulled good numbers on the dyno. Fun days. phong =P~
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Based on my experience for steam to come out it would have gone into the red.
While you're checking the head gasket for leaks also check the welsch plugs for leaks.
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Age: 63 Posts: 1584 Joined: 20th Mar 2005 Ride: EDL Fairmont Wagon/AU XR8 Ghia Location: Riverstone |
Thanks all
I don't know the full story of the trip home. My wife had to go out to volleyball so will ask what the gauges etc were doing when she gets home. I just went out there and there is zero coolant in the tank and it will not turn over but I think that is because the battery wasn't getting a charge with all the lights on at the same time. I found what was left of the belt, totally shredded and lying on the splash gaurd. I'll throw another battery in and check a few things out tomorrow when I have real light. A quick check of the inside of the filler cap revealed nothing but that won't tell me much for a while anyway. I'll report back with what I find.... Cheers RD
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phongus wrote: Well I dumped basically my whole coolant on the drag strip at 5000RPM and revs were held there until the dash lit up and engine temp went half way up gauge. Nursed her back to the "pits", temporary fixed it and drove it for an hour or so home.
The engine is still running now and pulled good numbers on the dyno. Fun days. phong =P~ maybe your head was a little warped and the dumping episode at heathcote and the resulting temps straightened it back up 
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my mates car made heaps of noise and he drove around for hours with a seized pump..
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Age: 63 Posts: 1584 Joined: 20th Mar 2005 Ride: EDL Fairmont Wagon/AU XR8 Ghia Location: Riverstone |
Well, I installed a new belt, filled her with coolant, put in another battery and fired it up.
Easy start, no noises but I think the thermostat is toast. Idling for 15-30 mins the bottom rad hose was only warm with the top hose hot plus the coolant level never moved and the coolant hoses were only warm as well. I'll chuck another thermostat in it and try again. I think the saving grace was the fact that Rach had the heater on all the way and the actual over temp situation was only for a short time. So far, so good..... Cheers RD
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Good news RD
BenJ
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More Grunt wrote: phongus wrote: Well I dumped basically my whole coolant on the drag strip at 5000RPM and revs were held there until the dash lit up and engine temp went half way up gauge. Nursed her back to the "pits", temporary fixed it and drove it for an hour or so home. The engine is still running now and pulled good numbers on the dyno. Fun days. phong =P~ maybe your head was a little warped and the dumping episode at heathcote and the resulting temps straightened it back up Probably 
Good to hear all is well with the car RD. phong =P~
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head gasket..for sure.
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Age: 63 Posts: 1584 Joined: 20th Mar 2005 Ride: EDL Fairmont Wagon/AU XR8 Ghia Location: Riverstone |
Replaced the thermostat and things are better. Actually, it seems to run better than it did before! Probably the calm before the storm but I will monitor things over the next couple of days.
Cheers RD
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