water pump meltdown

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maxwellzx

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• Sep 17, 2009

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alright picked up a sled to rebuild the guy "overheated" it but it looks like he forgot to put coolant in it haha.

how do you get the impeller off so i can replace it.

also what is all that gunk. it was in some of the hoses it was all over the place. like he put flower in the coolant or something. or is that just what happens when its severely overheated

 

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• Sep 17, 2009

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WTH is that!!!!! I've come off the race track over 280 before and also ran some demo cars to the point of locking up the motor and have never seen that before. Is this a joke or did some one mess with it to F--- someone????? By the way that is going to be in the block and in the coolers. GOOD LUCK

 

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• Sep 17, 2009

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All that Gunk appears to be the impeller blades that melted. You need to flush the whole system to get that stuff out.

 

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maxwellzx

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except its a goo not hard plastic like the water pump impeller...

also does the impeller just press off?

 

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• Sep 17, 2009

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it screws off and it usually is locktight on