Hello everyone, I was driving to work today, and before I got a half mile down the road mile car was at 280, I stopped and turn the car off and check the hoses to see if one had a hole in it, none of the hoses had a hole in it and I heard a whinding soung from the front of the engine. I believe my water pump went out, but I'm try to make sure this sounds right. Can someone tell me where the cheapest place to get a water pump and what kind? If this doesn't sound right please correct me. Thanks everyone

 

I would prevent from driving it until you fix the problem. When the car has cooled, check the coolant level. If it's fine, maybe your thermostat is stuck and need a new one. If your worried about the noise and your water pump..after car has cooled down..idle the car and open the radiator cap to see if the fluid is circulating. Basically, your waterpump goes out when it starts leaking out the weap hole or starts pouring out like a faucet..like when mine went out..what a mess.
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alright, tonight I'm going to take the t-stat out to make sure the thing is not stuck, if it still gets hot, what would you think it is?

 

The thermostat is a real possibility although it wouldn't account for the noise. I had one quit in the middle of I35 and 5:00 in the afternoon and damn near burned the engine out. It got so hot that the gauges were flashing. Amazingly it didn't hurt anything. No prior warning at all. I intend to replce the thing with every coolant change from now on.

 

well i got a water pump, what will i need to do before i pull the old one off, will i need to drain the coolant? or anything else?

 

drain coolant, pull air intake hose, pull coil, pull fans, pull air pump, pull air pump bracket.... i think thats it.

 

well i got my water pump off, and will be putting the new one on tomorrow, is there anything I need to do that people forget to do when they put there water pump back on.

 

gaskets and clean the surface on the block. put teflon on the bolt threads. make sure u bleed the system.

 

don't forget to put the drive sleeve back in place

 

alright put everything back on now, but i have 2 sensors that look like they are coming from the brake lines on the drivers front side of the engine compartment, can someone let me know where those sensor plug into, and also, I cant find where the air pump sensor is, I see that a sensor needs to be connected, but cant find where it comes from, can someone please help me on this. Thanks