Water pumps will have a very audible rattle, and will nromally
dripp watter from the seepage hole in the housing. If youhave an
alternator on that car, a shorted Alternator Also make a audible
growling / rattling noise, and they get real hot too.!!
Rich
> ----------
> From: Scott Christie[SMTP:103226.3155(at)compuserve.com]
> Reply To: Scott Christie
> Sent: Monday, June 23, 1997 9:42 AM
> To: Alpine subscribers
> Subject: starter & water pump
>
> Coming back from the Bowie show yesterday (100 degrees in the shade!),
> I stopped
> to get gas and turned the car off - big mistake. After pumping gas I
> tried to
> start the car and GOT NOTHING. The generator light went on, but not
> even a
> click-click-click from the starter. Panic ensued, and after trying
> everything I
> could think of, I noticed I was on top of a hill, and there was a side
> road next
> to the gas station going sharply downhill. So, I did the ol' push
> start method
> and got home. Whew! After the car cooled down in my garage I tried
> starting it
> and it fired right up!
> Any explanations from the experts out there?
>
> Finally, what does a water pump about to die sound like? I have a
> rattling sound
> under the hood, and it sounds like the water pump. Any clues?
>
> Scott Christie
> Series 3 Alpine Registry
> Push start expert
>
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