Justin, If the car has been sitting for 28 years with coolant in the engine, the seal on the water pump will most likely be the problem. I assume there has still been some coolant circulation while driving home on this cool night, or was there any large amounts of steam from the engine bay? If most coolant was lost, the gauge will not work properly as no coolant passes over it. In this case the chances are the head would be warped but could probably be repaired with a re-surface. This is possibly your worst scenario. I would just change the pump and give it a try. Cheers Feral Errol ---------- From: justin darragh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: waterpump Date: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 10:47 Oz Datters, havn't read the cooling article yet but as it happens I have just blown the water pump in the 1600. Engine is still warm so while its cooling thought I would ask the experts. Is there anything to watch while doing the gasket? for cause it looks very straight forward. How well do the l16 heads hold up to heat. It went 40kms from home. The temp gauge(tested) never got to operating. What possible damage could I have done remembering that my engine has never been touched in 28yrs and only done 5000kms? thanx ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
