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It's so cold that coolant oozes between water pump and block!!! Block heater question... 200 1990

posted by  oty on  Tue Jan 28 05:00 CST 2003
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I live in Alaska, so I remember the -40 degree mornings. Get your water pump fixed soon. It will only continue to leak more. Possible to just tighten up the mounting bolts, but I'm guessing you need a new pump and seal. While your at it check the block heater operation with a new cord that is known to be good. Should be at least 14 gauge wire, perferably 12 gauge. The insulation and coating on these cords should be made for the freezing temps, if not get a cord that is. Otherwise every time the cord is flexed it will crack and lead to shorting out problems that lead to blown circuit breakers. At these colder temps you're going to see problems with parts that were marginaly operative at the warmer temps. Not a good time to take a chance, save that for the summer temps.






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