what happens when your water pump breaks?

[abepark]

obviously it over heats. I've just had my car over heat tonight, and it seems to me that what cause it to over heat was the water pump breaking. I let it cool off and filled it with coolant, but couldn't go very far without it over heating again so thats my only guess.

[Teaguer]

You might be better served having someone that knows at least a little bit about cars check the usual suspects .

[abepark]

well thats what I'm asking, how do you diagnose a broken water pump before removing it?

[abepark]

so removed my thermostat, seems to be broken with an acorn stuck in the housing, luckily my parts are spossed to arrive today so I should be able to get this back together pretty quickly. I was worried that this could turn into a timing belt without much planning pretty quickly

[fretburnr]

How did you get an acorn in your t-stat housing??

Do squirrels around your area like the taste of ethylene glycol?

[abepark]

I'm not sure, but Im now worried that the cats will get in the garage and drink it.....got the waterpump/alt belt back on and something happened and bent my water pump pully. got any suggestions? I now have to buy a new water pump pully.

[e30etakid]

Was the pulley bent before you started working on it? or did you bend it in the process of repairing? If it was bent before I would pull it off to see if the water pump seized.

[NC325iC]

I'm not sure, but Im now worried that the cats will get in the garage and drink it.....got the waterpump/alt belt back on and something happened and bent my water pump pully. got any suggestions? I now have to buy a new water pump pully.

been there, i had to replace it, ask a guy with a parts car for one