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Old 02-19-2006, 11:13 AM   #9
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Re: Overheated"HOT",Waterpump wont spin, White cream on the oil cap, WHAT HAPPENED?

All these issues are related. The water pump siezed, causing coolant to stop circulating. You continued to drive the car which overheated it and ended up blowing the head gasket(s). You have learned an expensive lesson, don't keep driving if the temp goes into the "red". The shame of it is the water pump on these cars is the easiest one there is to change. Reomve the serp belt and a total of 9 bolts ( 4 holding the pulley on and 5 that mount the pump itself) and a little gasket scraping and your done in less than an hour. The only difficult part is bleeding the cooling system of air.
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