Re: [DML] I might be in trouble....

["Joseph Molino" <foxmul@xxxx>]

are the belts tight? Sounds like both belts are loose. That might give you
the squealing sound and the intermittent problems. If the pump gave out, I
don't think it would affect the alternator but I could be wrong.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Stiefel" <stiefel@xxxx>
To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 10:17 PM
Subject: [DML] I might be in trouble....


> It is abit late to call Rob Grady, so I decided to throw this out to the
> list. I haven't run my D for a few weeks due to a fundraiser I was having
> at my home and the need to prepare for 150 people. Today I had a cruise
in
> about an hour from home and decided to bring out the ol girl and have a
> drive. Well it ran fine until I got to my parents house. I let it run a
> bit while I talked to my father, and it overheated a bit. Only a very
> little bit came out before I shut down the engine and let it cool off.
> After a bit, I started it up and it ran fine, but was a bit on the hot
side
> all the way to a stereo shop I had to stop at on the way to the show.
There
> I let it cool off again and filled up the resevour -- it took quite a lot.
>
> It ran just fine all the way to the cruise in and on the way home it got
hot
> a few times, but cooled off ok until about 15 min from home when it
started
> acting real funny.
>
> 1st off it would almost reach the 1st red hash mark on the temp gauge,
then
> the volts would drop to almost 8 or 9, then we heard a squeel from the
> engine and the volts would come back up. SOmetimes the temp went back
down
> and sometimes it didn't.
>
> Well not wanting to let the temps get real high, I decided to run a bit,
> then shut down the engine and coast. We did this for about the last 3
miles
> home. I was then able to take a look at the engine.
>
> Inside the compartment, there had been a leak somewhere of coolent, and a
> sound emmenating from what seems like the middle of the engine, of
sizzling
> and puffing sounds.
>
> I was thinking that maybe the water pump gave out, does seem logical??
>
> Help!!! :)
>
> Jack & Virginia Stiefel
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