The Coffee House

[Fujidave]

Evening all, rained all day so once we got back from our walk in a soggy park I got some practice in using C1 and some of the presets, actually like using it now.

 

[smoke665]

. Find that the water is coming from a weep hole at the main shaft area where I don't think there ought to be water.

A blown head gasket will general allow blow by into the coolant. You can rent a pressure gauge at the auto parts chain to see. Normal coolant pressure is usually less then 16 psi. When the coolant system is overpresurized it will seek the point of least resistance. I'd rent the guage and test that first. If pressure is not high then bad pump.

 

[limr46 1]

In other news...GO GATORS!! We've got 8 points on #5 LSU and there are 40 seconds left.

 

[limr46 1]

28 seconds...

 

[limr46 1]

INTERCEPTION! GAME JAMMIN' OVER!

 

[limr46 1]

Zelda was unimpressed.

 

[tirediron]

The test was inconclusive. I THOUGHT it told me the water pump was bad. Started to take it apart. Find that the water is coming from a weep hole at the main shaft area where I don't think there ought to be water. Don't know where to go from here.

Water coming out the weephole on the main shaft is normally an indication that your pump seals are beginning to fail; throwing in a new/reconditioned pump now will almost certainly save you grief farther down the road.

 

[tirediron]

. Find that the water is coming from a weep hole at the main shaft area where I don't think there ought to be water.

A blown head gasket will general allow blow by into the coolant. You can rent a pressure gauge at the auto parts chain to see. Normal coolant pressure is usually less then 16 psi. When the coolant system is overpresurized it will seek the point of least resistance. I'd rent the guage and test that first. If pressure is not high then bad pump.

Just remove your oil-fill cap and dipstick. If you see frothy yellow/brown foam on either, you have water in the oil, and a good chance you've got a failed head gasket.

 

[davidharmier60]

I would need to remove the entire intake system to test compression. On a carburetor engine no problem. No water shows on the dipstick. If in fact it lost timing it is an interference engine. It is quite likely a piston or three wacked valves.
My thoughts are to scrap it. However getting something to replace it is problematic at best. But I think it's a lost cause.

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[tirediron]

I would need to remove the entire intake system to test compression. On a carburetor engine no problem. No water shows on the dipstick. If in fact it lost timing it is an interference engine. It is quite likely a piston or three wacked valves.
My thoughts are to scrap it. However getting something to replace it is problematic at best. But I think it's a lost cause.

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I've lost track... what was the original issue?

 

[davidharmier60]

Coming back from Livingston where I had gone to change a flat on my truck just before the road into our neighborhood the Mitsubishi sort of bucked and died. When I came to a stop I opened the hood and water gushed out underneath. I tried the starter and it sounded badly wounded. Traced the water yo coming out behind the main (crankshaft) pulley. Initially I thought it was a weep hole. But looking at it without water squirting out there is no weep hole there. So we have water where it shouldn't be. No or at least only one or two cylinders seem to have any compression at all.
And as I've said I would have to take the whole top off the engine to even try a compression test. And since it is an interference engine the 4 that don't have compression may have a very legitament reason for it. It has over 200K miles. My feelings are to scrap it.

 

[tirediron]

Okay, gotit... I thought you were referring to the weep hole on the water-pump main shaft. I'm guessing you may have dropped the timing belt, and on an interference engine, that's pretty much a guarantee that it's the end.

 

[jcdeboever]

Okay, gotit... I thought you were referring to the weep hole on the water-pump main shaft. I'm guessing you may have dropped the timing belt, and on an interference engine, that's pretty much a guarantee that it's the end.

I hear Taps...

 

[Gary A.]

It was been a long day, good ... but long. Gary is politically active and today the campaign kicked off the initial canvassing. A very good turnout and precanvassing, rev up the troops, with speeches by four local congress members. Gary shot the pregame warmup then home for more dirt moving and landscape fine tuning. Some vino, dinner, dessert and then off to a local College for some folk music.

 

[compur]

Zelda was unimpressed.

I have the same reaction to professional sports.