BravoXray
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Boy, this water pump thread sure went off on a tangent!
Update: Friend called today, was in town at a funeral home for a visitation and just before he got there the engine temperature went to the top of the range. Went back out a while later and said there was no water visible in the radiator, but the reservoir was still full.
I went in to take a look at it. Was just as he said, nothing in the radiator and the reservoir was right where I had filled it, and no visible leaks. He came out and said someone had seen him pull in the parking lot and said it looked like the left tire was smoking. He had checked it and it was no hotter than the right side, only warm.
I pulled the dipstick, and low and behold it was two gallons over full with gray goo. That's not good, looks like a blown head gasket. The head was replaced last summer with a new one, but I suppose it could be cracked. The original head had cracked in one of the exhaust ports, and it only had 130K on it.
So I called a friend that does any of my automotive repair that I don't want to do, and he said he could get it in the first of next week. That was good, so he sent a tow truck and picked it up.
Took my friend back to my place and gave him my '04 Town Car to drive. He and his wife live in Gaylord, MI, 270 miles north of me. They have borrowed the TC four or five times before when they have had car or truck trouble and needed to get back north. I think they have put more miles on it than I have. Luckily, I just recharged the A/C last week, so it blowing nice and cold again. Was the first time in the 14 years I have owned it that I have had to recharge it.
I'll report back when I get the diagnosis. I hope it's nothing more serious than a head gasket. I wonder if they need to be retorqued after so long?
On the other end of the spectrum, I have another friend with a '95 Dodge 2500 duallie he pulls boats with. Has over 1,100,000 on his 5.9 and has never had the head or pan off it. I've been harassing him about at least putting a set of bearings in it.
Update: Friend called today, was in town at a funeral home for a visitation and just before he got there the engine temperature went to the top of the range. Went back out a while later and said there was no water visible in the radiator, but the reservoir was still full.
I went in to take a look at it. Was just as he said, nothing in the radiator and the reservoir was right where I had filled it, and no visible leaks. He came out and said someone had seen him pull in the parking lot and said it looked like the left tire was smoking. He had checked it and it was no hotter than the right side, only warm.
I pulled the dipstick, and low and behold it was two gallons over full with gray goo. That's not good, looks like a blown head gasket. The head was replaced last summer with a new one, but I suppose it could be cracked. The original head had cracked in one of the exhaust ports, and it only had 130K on it.
So I called a friend that does any of my automotive repair that I don't want to do, and he said he could get it in the first of next week. That was good, so he sent a tow truck and picked it up.
Took my friend back to my place and gave him my '04 Town Car to drive. He and his wife live in Gaylord, MI, 270 miles north of me. They have borrowed the TC four or five times before when they have had car or truck trouble and needed to get back north. I think they have put more miles on it than I have. Luckily, I just recharged the A/C last week, so it blowing nice and cold again. Was the first time in the 14 years I have owned it that I have had to recharge it.
I'll report back when I get the diagnosis. I hope it's nothing more serious than a head gasket. I wonder if they need to be retorqued after so long?
On the other end of the spectrum, I have another friend with a '95 Dodge 2500 duallie he pulls boats with. Has over 1,100,000 on his 5.9 and has never had the head or pan off it. I've been harassing him about at least putting a set of bearings in it.