Illnasty
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Got a bunch of new warnings I’ve never seen before:
Reduced engine power
Overheating
And she was smoking like crazy
Reduced engine power
Overheating
And she was smoking like crazy
That’s why she was overheating
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Illnasty
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not sure yet
Wasn’t too far from home so swung her into the parking lot with it smoking. She still starts up but total loss of electrical power
Do all belts and idlers and tensioners. Pressure test before you do this. If you find a bad water pump you will save the time to take the belts off again. Remember, if you got it hot enough, even if the water pump caused this overheating, you could still have other components in the heating and cooling systems to address. Hopefully not head gaskets. Also, keep in mind, that even if the head gaskets check ok now you could have weakened them and they give you a problem later.
Having no alternator spinning means no electrical power. Plus who knows how long you ran on just the battery before you shut it down.
Having no alternator spinning means no electrical power. Plus who knows how long you ran on just the battery before you shut it down.
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Did the belt jump off? If so, id suspect the tensioner, idler or locked up alternator.
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Illnasty
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282k might have to Old Yeller her but hoping not.
which leads to another question. Yes she’s old as sin with 282k on it but the interior except for the drivers cockpit is mint. I have no kids or animals. The seats are still plush the trim is still clean. Besides the fender being dented in and the exterior painting chipping, it’s not that bad. Is there a market for this?
There is a market for it and you can sell some items here at the forum. There is a for sale section.
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Illnasty
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Water pump...$600 to fix
Does that also include new hoses, belt, thermostat, coolant, etc?
HiHoeSilver
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Gold-plated and polished?
ivin74
05 NBS Nali
I hope is gold plated for 600 bucks.
iamdub
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WTF?
It's like a $200 part at most for an ACDelco and takes an hour to change using maybe three different sizes of metric sockets. I hope that $600 included an ACDelco pump, all fluids, new thermostat, all new ACDelco hoses, coolant system flush and a reach-around.
Aaaahhhhh, the gold glove reach around. Heard about them but never seen/experienced one. Details details. What does $600 get you?
treehan77
TYF Fiend
I replaced every pulley, every belt, the water pump and gaskets (all one delco, it the cheap delco) stuff not long ago and it still wasn’t even 400 lol
$600 is the GM dealer water pump price, reach around not included but available as an add-on for only $6000.
HiHoeSilver
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Yeah, but when you say it was jerky and rough and you want them to fix it, they say it was within spec.
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Illnasty
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Damn, y’all ruthless up in here lol. Yes, it was for the water pump, hoses, belt, and antifreeze. I’m at the mercy of my mechanic. I know nothing about cars but thanks for letting me know what should be replaced. I refused the reach around as his hands were greasy
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Illnasty
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Did you do it yourself?
So you thought about the reach around....hmmmmm.
We live off details and pics here. You just throw a component and a number out there and that leaves us in the dark. You'll get used to it. Especially from old people like me.
when the dealer does the water pump it's a mr goodwrench service which means it has a lifetime warranty, that used to mean parts & labor, a few years back they changed it to just parts, so now if it goes out again you only pay labor. the cost is usually about $5xx.00, dealer price is about $250 for the pump and the rest is labor and fluids. so the 2nd time around you only pay labor & fluids which is about $250
when I had my engine replaced I had them install a new water pump which automatically gave me the mrgoodwrench warranty and no additional labor since it was part of the engine replacement so if it ever goes out I only have to pay the labor and fluids which is about what it would cost me to do it myself anyway if not under warranty.
when I had my engine replaced I had them install a new water pump which automatically gave me the mrgoodwrench warranty and no additional labor since it was part of the engine replacement so if it ever goes out I only have to pay the labor and fluids which is about what it would cost me to do it myself anyway if not under warranty.
