[DML] Re: Help! My car is bleeding green!

["DMC Joe" <DMCJOE@xxxx>]

Gus,
I wish I could tell you that you are wrong but based on your description
you may be looking at an engine overhaul. It's not the water pump or oil
leak that concerns me it's is the blue smoke. It seems a little premature
that at 100K mi. you have developed this condition, on the other hand its
possible that due to an inoperative speedo angle drive and other unknown
engine history you may have a lot more engine ware than we realize.

A temporary fix for your water pump leak is the use of "stop leak". Go to
your local auto supply store or auto department (Wal-Mart, K-Mart) and
purchase Bars stop leak. Follow the directions and your pump leak should
cease.

There's not much that can be done about the smoke at start up but the oil
leak may be easily corrected depending on its source. 

DMC Joe / DeLorean Services / <dmcjoe@xxxx>
Web Site: <http://www.deloreanservices.com>

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> From: Gus Schlachter <gus@xxxx>
> To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [DML] Re: Help! My car is bleeding green!
> Date: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 12:04 AM
> 
> Joe,
> 
> Yup, the mirror says that I have what looks like a 1/8" hole on the water
> pump, behind the pulley and facing straight down. It is the source of my
> antifreeze leak.
> 
> It would appear that there are many parts that interfere with the water
pump
> R&R. Yuk! Not that I'm afraid of the work, I just know that the more
parts
> that I touch, the higher the likelihood of my breaking something else. 
:-)
> 
> This engine has 100k miles on it, drips oil on my garage floor (which is
> keeping the antifreeze from soaking in) and blows blue smoke out the
> tailpipe, particularly when started. What is really needed here is an
> engine rebuild, or even a new one. Assuming, of course, that I have that
> much money burning a hole in my little pocket. I just want to be able to
> drive the thing, allot, and I'm thinking that an engine swap will prevent
> much weeping and gnashing of teeth later. Or am I overreacting and being
a
> baby?
> 
> 
> Gus