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A bunch of bikers decided to stop traffic on foot the other day, right as I looked to the side to see what was happening. The person in front of me had to slam on their brakes, I had less than a second of braking time from 35 to impact with a 10mph car. Luckily he got off his brakes right when I hit, otherwise I'm sure the damage would've been worse. I got a physics lesson in impulse, as the car I hit seemed to rebound forward like a marble being hit by another.
His 2012 Camry had nothing but scuffs on the bumper, didn't even break paint. Luckily he was super chill, took one look at his bumper and said "That'll buff out, don't worry about it. I'm going to take off if you're ok.."
My car: Not so lucky. Bumper snapped in half. Broke my left high beam, smashed my beloved euro grills to bits, and bent the core support a little. Bumper mounts folded inward, and the frame rails went crunchy crunchy right behind that. Oh yea, valence is history but my fogs and brake ducts were fine.
Brand new fan mark in the radiator, but the fan did not rub afterwards. I did however pick up a gnarly rubbing noise. Couldn't figure it out for a while, after removing A/C and P/S belts. So I noticed the timing wheel and water pump pulley were kinda close, but it's hard to see in there, especially working at night.
Went underneath the check if the timing wheel was loose, and got an instant 2nd degree burn across my thumb and index finger in the pattern of the timing wheel teeth.
Found the problem, but my question is, before I change the water pump tomorrow, is it the water pump that shifted back or did my crank walk forward? I'm really hoping it was the water pump. Anyone else ever experience this?
A bunch of bikers decided to stop traffic on foot the other day, right as I looked to the side to see what was happening. The person in front of me had to slam on their brakes, I had less than a second of braking time from 35 to impact with a 10mph car. Luckily he got off his brakes right when I hit, otherwise I'm sure the damage would've been worse. I got a physics lesson in impulse, as the car I hit seemed to rebound forward like a marble being hit by another.
His 2012 Camry had nothing but scuffs on the bumper, didn't even break paint. Luckily he was super chill, took one look at his bumper and said "That'll buff out, don't worry about it. I'm going to take off if you're ok.."
My car: Not so lucky. Bumper snapped in half. Broke my left high beam, smashed my beloved euro grills to bits, and bent the core support a little. Bumper mounts folded inward, and the frame rails went crunchy crunchy right behind that. Oh yea, valence is history but my fogs and brake ducts were fine.
Brand new fan mark in the radiator, but the fan did not rub afterwards. I did however pick up a gnarly rubbing noise. Couldn't figure it out for a while, after removing A/C and P/S belts. So I noticed the timing wheel and water pump pulley were kinda close, but it's hard to see in there, especially working at night.
Went underneath the check if the timing wheel was loose, and got an instant 2nd degree burn across my thumb and index finger in the pattern of the timing wheel teeth.
Found the problem, but my question is, before I change the water pump tomorrow, is it the water pump that shifted back or did my crank walk forward? I'm really hoping it was the water pump. Anyone else ever experience this?
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