Damage to water pump after drained coolant
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Damage to water pump after drained coolant
So I hit some ice / dirt going off the road a bit in bad conditions. It looks like the bottom of my radiator was already very corroded and about to die, and the impact knocked a big ol' hole in the bottom on both sides, as well as messing up the ac condenser pretty bad. I limped the car home about 5 minutes, and coolant definitely fully drained in that time. The engine did not overheat, I was watching oil temp, and fortunately it was 15 degrees out which definitely helped. Like I said it was only a couple minutes, and I stopped once to cool down to be safe, so I don't think there is damage from that. What about the water pump though? Is it likely I killed that by letting it run dry?
I also bent the bottom air intake tube thing of the bumper on the driver side, and put a decent dent in it. It's also putting quite a kink in the rubber hose that goes to the intercooler because of this. Should I be worried about this as well? Doesn't look like there's much to do here other than replace the whole front end of the car...
I also bent the bottom air intake tube thing of the bumper on the driver side, and put a decent dent in it. It's also putting quite a kink in the rubber hose that goes to the intercooler because of this. Should I be worried about this as well? Doesn't look like there's much to do here other than replace the whole front end of the car...
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So I hit some ice / dirt going off the road a bit in bad conditions. It looks like the bottom of my radiator was already very corroded and about to die, and the impact knocked a big ol' hole in the bottom on both sides, as well as messing up the ac condenser pretty bad. I limped the car home about 5 minutes, and coolant definitely fully drained in that time. The engine did not overheat, I was watching oil temp, and fortunately it was 15 degrees out which definitely helped. Like I said it was only a couple minutes, and I stopped once to cool down to be safe, so I don't think there is damage from that. What about the water pump though? Is it likely I killed that by letting it run dry?
I also bent the bottom air intake tube thing of the bumper on the driver side, and put a decent dent in it. It's also putting quite a kink in the rubber hose that goes to the intercooler because of this. Should I be worried about this as well? Doesn't look like there's much to do here other than replace the whole front end of the car...
I also bent the bottom air intake tube thing of the bumper on the driver side, and put a decent dent in it. It's also putting quite a kink in the rubber hose that goes to the intercooler because of this. Should I be worried about this as well? Doesn't look like there's much to do here other than replace the whole front end of the car...
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Got the new radiator on and it seems fine. I was thinking more along the lines of it spinning without resistance, but I guess being mechanically driven and not electric should make that less of an issue.
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