I was driving down I-55 toward Mississippi, when I start hearing a clingity clangity noise like loose metal like bolt. Everything seems fine, oil temp, oil pressure, egts. Motor sounds fine, and still drives fine. Not too long after somethign falls so I figure it was just a bolt. Sooo I keep driving.

I start seeing some smoke coming from the side of the car (also where my downpipe exits) But still the car is running fine so I figured that it was just smoking and I hadn't been paying attention and it does burn oil. Sooo I kept driving...

Then I notice the car starting to run a little hot, but nothing big... but I am trying to put all these signs together, while doing that the car is beginning to run hotter and hotter, then I hear a loud clink and something fell and hit the bottom of the car.

I get out of the car and it smoking like crazy, pop the hood so much smoke I can't see anything, but there is coolant everwhere ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE CAR. When the smoke began to clear out I noticed the timing belt was lose and ALL the teeth on the water pump gear were missing.

I don't understand how this could have happened! Any ideas??

 

Your timing belt got hungry?

Seriously, that's ****** wierd. I have never heard of that before.

 

noise you could have herd was the impellor in the water pump breaking up , then when it finally went it let coolant out of the seep hole which its suppsed to do when it goes bad . and the coolant hit somthing hot like the back of your block or downpipe......

 

i've seen it. one of my friends was cruising at 85 when the water pump siezed. timing belt snapped the water pump shaft then fell off, luckily the valves were fine.

 

Why don't you take pictures, that would be even better.

 

I woiuld have taken pictures but I didn't have a digital with me and my car is still on the side of the road. My friend is on his way with a flatbed trailer to go pick it up.

So it has happened to one other person... I guess that doesn't make me feel so bad. But I was going about 80-90. I doubt it didn't damage some valves or something. But I will find out probably tomorrow or saturday.

 

I had a water pump seize and snap the pulley off in the timing cover. Car ran hot because the water pump was not pumping.

 

Yea I understand why the car ran hot and there is coolant everywhere, I just thought it was really weird how the timing belt stredded the teeth on the waterpump, but the gear is still there its just perfectly round.

I'll get some pics maybe tonight or tomorrow.

 

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why were you not pulled over at this point, i dont get it.


platinum.

 

hey it happens . is there coolant seeping out of the whole on the waterpump?

 

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why were you not pulled over at this point, i dont get it.


platinum.


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Like I said. My downpipe exits on that side and it smokes all the time... so it wasn't much out of the ordinary. I cannot tell if there is coolant seeping out of the hole. I'll give more detail tomorrow