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Originally posted by Tim Baillie.:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by DWVW:
That's what I was thinking, I mean really, Boomin, not trying to be an *** but you obviously know nothing about engines and are not going to do the repair yourself, so just get it towed to a mechanic and let them fix it.
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by DWVW:
That's what I was thinking, I mean really, Boomin, not trying to be an *** but you obviously know nothing about engines and are not going to do the repair yourself, so just get it towed to a mechanic and let them fix it.
Don't be an *** by pointing out the obvious though Derek
</font>[/QUOTE]I believe the top of this post where the question was asked it said ONLY ANSWERS RELATED TO THE QUESTION PLEASE. Thanks.
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In my opinion its the A/C compressor pulley thats seized since you had said several times the A/C doesnt work and you havent turned it on in a while Easiest way to fix it is find a short belt (Crapy tire / Gm dealer)and bypass the A/C compressor approx: belt $50 labor $50 free if you can do it yourself
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Smoke was white smelled pretty bad tryin to remember cuz I didnt smell that long but smelt like somethin was burning
What general area was the smoke coming from, under the hood or out the exhaust. White smoke normally indicates that coolant is overheating and being burned somewhere.
What general area was the smoke coming from, under the hood or out the exhaust. White smoke normally indicates that coolant is overheating and being burned somewhere.
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Originally posted by blackcivic:
Smoke was white smelled pretty bad tryin to remember cuz I didnt smell that long but smelt like somethin was burning
What general area was the smoke coming from, under the hood or out the exhaust. White smoke normally indicates that coolant is overheating and being burned somewhere.
Smoke was white smelled pretty bad tryin to remember cuz I didnt smell that long but smelt like somethin was burning
What general area was the smoke coming from, under the hood or out the exhaust. White smoke normally indicates that coolant is overheating and being burned somewhere.
Im hopefully getting it towed on saturday home, mechanic that I know hopefully will take a look at it. Letz pray so itz not gonna cost me a fortune.
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That pulley is the waterpump. If you have boiling issues, could simply have been because coolant leaked out of the waterpump seal drain adding air into the cooling system that later expanded forcing it out a random place. I just went through a big cooling related problem on my GM V6.
"Sizzling" was probably the belt melting OR fluid spilling from the bottom of the waterpump (there's a little hole that is designed to leak when the pump dies). If there's obviously fluid spilling from there, then seals are gone but I have never heard of them seizing. Did you take off the belt (or loosen the tensioner) to check if that 'seized' pulley is moving? It obviously won't move otherwise.
If the engine overheated, I suggest having the coolant system pressure checked afterwards to make sure you didn't fry the headgaskets. If you did, that gets real expensive.
[ April 06, 2004, 08:42 PM: Message edited by: Ettore Casagrande Jr. ]
"Sizzling" was probably the belt melting OR fluid spilling from the bottom of the waterpump (there's a little hole that is designed to leak when the pump dies). If there's obviously fluid spilling from there, then seals are gone but I have never heard of them seizing. Did you take off the belt (or loosen the tensioner) to check if that 'seized' pulley is moving? It obviously won't move otherwise.
If the engine overheated, I suggest having the coolant system pressure checked afterwards to make sure you didn't fry the headgaskets. If you did, that gets real expensive.
[ April 06, 2004, 08:42 PM: Message edited by: Ettore Casagrande Jr. ]
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to check your water pump, just grab the pulley and try and rock it side to side. if it rocks, the bearings are shot.. also like what's been ,mentioned, look for coolant coming from the weephole.. it may bot even be worth the cost to fix..
the only two possibilities are the water pump, or the air conditioning compressor pulley.
did the smoke smell like burning rubber??
when a/c pulleys seize they smoke the belt.
typically a waterpump will pour antifreeze all over before it will ever lock up.
check the coolant level, and if it isn't low, i could put a "C note" on the a/c being the problem
did the smoke smell like burning rubber??
when a/c pulleys seize they smoke the belt.
typically a waterpump will pour antifreeze all over before it will ever lock up.
check the coolant level, and if it isn't low, i could put a "C note" on the a/c being the problem
