Well, the WP stopped pumping last night. I was on my way home from work, thinking about how i was going to work a WP into the budget , what with Christmas coming up, going on a cruise to celebrate our 16 year anniversary, etc. The car is an SE w/ 79K so I knew I was on borrowed time.
The WP decided it wasn't going to be optional. I noticed a very quiet whining sound that was new... I went on alert trying to figure out if it was my car or someone near me in traffic. Then I notice that the temp guage is climbing FAST. I noticed it at 3/4. I drove about 300 yards to someplace safe and it was coming into the red when I parked it. Anyway, classic WP failure. Called AAA to have the car towed home. Borrowed the wife's car and headed over to Autozone to order a new WP. It will be in Wednesday.
Had a strange thing happen last week. When I started the car it made a clacking racket, sounded to me like the timing chain. Last about 3 seconds and the idle was rough until I drove it. Never happened before, and hasn't happened since. The only thing different is I parked the car in a different place, this time a slight downhill instead of slight uphill.???
Oh, and the CEL for the front cat is on again....
Looks like a busy weekend....
Richard
