Ok, this is on my friends car. It's a '95 4cyl ATX, with 101k miles.
First, his car wouldn't hold a charge, so we replaced the alternator and battery. Then, after that, his car started overheating, and we noticed the belt snapped, so we replaced that, and it was still overheating. We replaced the Thermostat hoping it wasn't the water pump, but it's still overheating, just not as bad, or as fast. We could onlymake it about 100 ft before it was over half way. Now after we replaced the thermostat and the belt, we can make it a few miles!
My bet is it is the water pump since it just turned over 100k miles.
If it is the water pump, should we just replace the Timing Belt and Tensioner while we're at it?!?!?!
Or is it something else, and not the water pump?
First, his car wouldn't hold a charge, so we replaced the alternator and battery. Then, after that, his car started overheating, and we noticed the belt snapped, so we replaced that, and it was still overheating. We replaced the Thermostat hoping it wasn't the water pump, but it's still overheating, just not as bad, or as fast. We could onlymake it about 100 ft before it was over half way. Now after we replaced the thermostat and the belt, we can make it a few miles!
My bet is it is the water pump since it just turned over 100k miles.
If it is the water pump, should we just replace the Timing Belt and Tensioner while we're at it?!?!?!
Or is it something else, and not the water pump?