oldsalt
CEG'er
Okay, so it's my turn to play "as the water pump turns" I noticed my temp rising above the mid point on the temp gauge and a sudden change from warm air to cool air coming out of my defroster accompanied by a new whirring sound coming from under the hood and after having read the symptoms and stories of the water pump failures here in this forum I knew right away what was up. I U-turned my CSVT and shot for home, luckily it was only 50 degrees outside so I made it home before the temp skyrocketed though it was solidly in the red when I shut it down. I bought a new water pump and belt, some antifreeze and this afternoon I will tackle the task of replacement. Of note is the fact that my water pump belt completely ripped apart all that is left are strips of the reinforced wire from inside the belt. I did install the new belt on the old pump last night and ran the engine but I could still here an unusual whirring so I shut it down in case the pump locked up and would break my new belt. I only know the history of this car from just more than a year ago and no info on whether my car has had a new and improved water pump installed somewhere in the past or not (123K miles) I figure that I will change the pump regardless and if I find the existing pump is good I'll just keep it as a spare, the whirring does bother me some but sometimes when you pay extra close attention you start to hear things you hadn't hard before so I don't know I'll keep you posted as the the results.