Let's start over......
I would be more suspicious of the radiator itself then the water pump, if the water pump is broken internally, it should be pissing coolant out of the weep hole on the bottom as heat and pressure increases in the block, plus it would be overheating very quickly without the water pump. It sounds like the radiator is clogged up.
How does the AC run at idle? The electric fans working properly?
time to get some nick knacks
I had a '98 Explorer that did the same thing near the end.
Not likely, i would cold start the car and you should feel the upper hose go from cold to hot quickly as the thermostat opens as it should.
I would be more suspicious of the radiator itself then the water pump, if the water pump is broken internally, it should be pissing coolant out of the weep hole on the bottom as heat and pressure increases in the block, plus it would be overheating very quickly without the water pump. It sounds like the radiator is clogged up.
How does the AC run at idle? The electric fans working properly?
I would be more suspicious of the radiator itself then the water pump, if the water pump is broken internally, it should be pissing coolant out of the weep hole on the bottom as heat and pressure increases in the block, plus it would be overheating very quickly without the water pump. It sounds like the radiator is clogged up.
How does the AC run at idle? The electric fans working properly?
Thanks Pat.
I would definitely look very closely at the radiator, you could grab an infrared thermometer and see if you have equal heat distribution across most of the surface of the radiator, or if only have hot temps across the top half or top 1/3
lets try this again, how are the fans?
I would definitely look very closely at the radiator, you could grab an infrared thermometer and see if you have equal heat distribution across most of the surface of the radiator, or if only have hot temps across the top half or top 1/3
I would definitely look very closely at the radiator, you could grab an infrared thermometer and see if you have equal heat distribution across most of the surface of the radiator, or if only have hot temps across the top half or top 1/3
I would guess an IR thermometer could be had at any parts for relatively cheap?