Forgive and spelling or grammar mistakes, im very shook up.
INSANE:
1990 Mazda protege 1.8 DOHC motor. I picked up this old Mazda that only has 54K miles on it. The PO put a new alternator in it but the charge light sometimes would flash randomly. ANYWAY
On a drive home tonight on a long and dark stretch of the long island expressway the light comes on and stays lit. I pay no mind as this happened once before and i changed the belt and put in a new alternator and the light would still come on from time to time, new battery too. Again, ANYWAY.
I make it home and notice the headlights dim down. I get out and open the hood and the alt/water pump belt is GONE! GONE!
I then realize i just drove over 20 miles with no water pump. I think "that is it the head is gone" But the thing is this, the temp gauge never went up, i look around under the hood and see a crack in the tube to the over flow, i see some coolant had sprayed all out a bit, im thinking the head is gone, motor done.
I then say to my self. The gauge never went up because the was no water moving at all the sensor must be some place that did not get super hot. And RIP to this car
with a huge rag i crack the radiator cap, no huge steam blow out! Then I pop a new belt on, the charge light goes off and the temp still stays in the middle. I shut the car down, and look for oil in the coolant and vice versa, NOTHING. No smoke, or steam and the car runs exactly the same. I drove the car a few miles and it never overheats, no steam or oil mixing or anything, no loss of power.
QUESTION, HOW IS THIS REAL, HOW DID THE CAR NOT DIE? How did the head gasket or head itself not blow? Will it still blow down the road? How did the car survive this? It was 70f degrees out tonight and i drove like 70 miles and hour FOR TWENTY SOMETHING MILES WITH NO WATER PUMP. Its unreal.
It might just be waiting to blow tomorrow? Its so insane.
INSANE:
1990 Mazda protege 1.8 DOHC motor. I picked up this old Mazda that only has 54K miles on it. The PO put a new alternator in it but the charge light sometimes would flash randomly. ANYWAY
On a drive home tonight on a long and dark stretch of the long island expressway the light comes on and stays lit. I pay no mind as this happened once before and i changed the belt and put in a new alternator and the light would still come on from time to time, new battery too. Again, ANYWAY.
I make it home and notice the headlights dim down. I get out and open the hood and the alt/water pump belt is GONE! GONE!
I then realize i just drove over 20 miles with no water pump. I think "that is it the head is gone" But the thing is this, the temp gauge never went up, i look around under the hood and see a crack in the tube to the over flow, i see some coolant had sprayed all out a bit, im thinking the head is gone, motor done.
I then say to my self. The gauge never went up because the was no water moving at all the sensor must be some place that did not get super hot. And RIP to this car
with a huge rag i crack the radiator cap, no huge steam blow out! Then I pop a new belt on, the charge light goes off and the temp still stays in the middle. I shut the car down, and look for oil in the coolant and vice versa, NOTHING. No smoke, or steam and the car runs exactly the same. I drove the car a few miles and it never overheats, no steam or oil mixing or anything, no loss of power.
QUESTION, HOW IS THIS REAL, HOW DID THE CAR NOT DIE? How did the head gasket or head itself not blow? Will it still blow down the road? How did the car survive this? It was 70f degrees out tonight and i drove like 70 miles and hour FOR TWENTY SOMETHING MILES WITH NO WATER PUMP. Its unreal.
It might just be waiting to blow tomorrow? Its so insane.