The Problem
On the way up here from Houston tonight, a little after I got onto Hwy 6, my temp guage started going nuts. It kept spiking in the red, going back to normal, over and over randomly. Sometimes when it would spike, you could feel the car lurch a tiny bit. I just put a new thermostat in it a week ago after some mild overheating issues. So I'm assuming that the water pump is going dead. When the temp jumps, you can also sometimes hear a funny noise. Sucks, cause I just got a damn new water pump from O'Reilly's at the end of last summer... damn thing sure didn't last long!

What I need
Mainly... TOOLS! All my tools are in Houston! I have no sockets, no ratchets, no jacks, nada! I'd also really like it if someone who knows a bit more about cars then me could CONFIRM that it is the water pump that's dead before I go buy a new one, but if not I'm just gonna go get one. But I need someone to let me use their tools for an hour or so. A decent socket set and some pliars are all I really need, and some jacks, cause I'd like to drain the radiator when I put the new pump on. If you have a drain pan that'd be nice, but otherwise I can just go buy one.

I'm up here until Sunday, but I'd really like to do this tomorrow (Thursday), as I have stuff to do over the weekend. Where I put on the pump doesn't matter to me, if you'd want me to do it at your house that's fine, or if you're busy and trust me with your tools (I can leave you collatteral if you want, lol... some people on here have met me!) I can do it at the house I'm staying at.

Shoot me a PM! Or you can call me at 281-923-2507.
I'm not exactly bathing in money right now, so I can't really pay anyone for help... but I can get you a case of beer!

 

hey man did you bleed all the air out of the motor after the t-stat replacement? im sure you did if you had the sense to put a t-stat in. just wanted to double tap on that check all your grounds. i had a hose blow on me and i have the same temp gauge thing i had to bleed the system 3 tims for it to work right.

 

Hah, ok, now I feel stupid... no, I didn't bleed the air out... how exactly do you do that?