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Wellington
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Joined: September 21, 2004
Posts: 1890
Location: Montreal
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 Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 12:17 pm Post subject: Re: Weird Interaction with a mechanic / Is my van dying? |
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I'll second the opinion:
You will be in great hands with Andrew at his shop.
Extremely knowledgeable, and a fantastic guy.
I don't think you could find better.
He will tell you like it is! No BS. |
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Alan Brase
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Joined: March 28, 2004
Posts: 4532
Location: Cedar Falls, Iowa
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| Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 11:03 pm Post subject: Re: Weird Interaction with a mechanic / Is my van dying? |
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| skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
| Abscate wrote: |
Save the tow amd drive it. |
with a water pump pulley listing 20* no fucking way would i drive it that far. every revolution of that pump is shredding the internals and pumping glitter into the cooling system.
that belt is going to launch and it's game over.
seriously, get it towed |
Upvote for use of the glitter word.
Wasn't there a NYCity guy Dennis Haynes? Is he still around? Very capable fella.
I would not risk more than a couple miles.
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TMWheelock
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Joined: June 14, 2021
Posts: 18
Location: Brooklyn
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| Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 8:54 am Post subject: Re: Weird Interaction with a mechanic / Is my van dying? |
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| Watch your battery warning light as well. When the water pump breaks, the belt will get loose, and it's also the belt to the alternator. So an alternator wanting light will mean that your engine is no longer cooled. 20 seconds to park and stop the engine. |
This is interesting and it makes sense.
I clicked the switch on the camper battery meter that's attached to the stove. I'm not sure how accurate it is. It used to show yellow all the time. Now it's vacillating between yellow and red.
I wonder if this as something to do with the pump failure.
Regardless it's getting towed up to Andrew In Albany today. I want to avoid any catastrophic failures at all cost. |
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SCM
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Joined: January 26, 2011
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Location: Bozeman MT
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| Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 2:35 pm Post subject: Re: Weird Interaction with a mechanic / Is my van dying? |
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I clicked the switch on the camper battery meter that's attached to the stove. I'm not sure how accurate it is. It used to show yellow all the time. Now it's vacillating between yellow and red.
I wonder if this as something to do with the pump failure.. |
Maybe, maybe not. Theres so many different ways to hook up an auxiliary battery, including not having one at all, that that light can mean different things.
Pay attention to the light on you dash.
Good move taking it to Andrew. I’ve never met him but he seems to be a genius.
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