Update on yesterdays breakdown
12-05-2014, 07:15 PM
#17
An old runway out in the desert with an "X" painted where the numbers used to be.
I admit I was too much of a wuss to try to catch 6th and go any faster...
After I shut it down, I noticed what looked like smoke behind me - it was a light mist of coolant coming from the pump shaft.
Also noteworthy: Less than 10 minutes later, as I was limping the car back home, a doe and two fawns bounced across the road not 30 feet in front of me. Had I been driving that fast where it was unsafe, rather than in a place where I could actually see for a good half-mile in every direction, I would have had a face full of fresh venison. 100MPH, let alone 150MPH, is plenty fast to make stuff dead, including the driver...
I already had a pump sitting on the workbench, so my week wasn't ruined - it was just repurposed.
OP, I hope your pump came away with impellers intact and you'll be back on the road in no time.
I admit I was too much of a wuss to try to catch 6th and go any faster...
After I shut it down, I noticed what looked like smoke behind me - it was a light mist of coolant coming from the pump shaft.
Also noteworthy: Less than 10 minutes later, as I was limping the car back home, a doe and two fawns bounced across the road not 30 feet in front of me. Had I been driving that fast where it was unsafe, rather than in a place where I could actually see for a good half-mile in every direction, I would have had a face full of fresh venison. 100MPH, let alone 150MPH, is plenty fast to make stuff dead, including the driver...
I already had a pump sitting on the workbench, so my week wasn't ruined - it was just repurposed.
OP, I hope your pump came away with impellers intact and you'll be back on the road in no time.
12-05-2014, 07:19 PM
#18
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I had a couple that were shaved down, and some of that debris appeared in the drained coolant. I'm about a year out, and the car is running fantastically, so I'm operating under the assumption that all is well.
12-05-2014, 07:31 PM
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I vote we start another thread called "4 days after my WP blew and 2 days after it got fixed". Pass the ridlin please...btw glad ur back on the road.
12-05-2014, 08:40 PM
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12-05-2014, 08:42 PM
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12-05-2014, 08:44 PM
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12-05-2014, 08:48 PM
#24
not sure I completely understand but thank you haha
12-05-2014, 09:05 PM
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12-05-2014, 10:49 PM
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12-06-2014, 12:22 AM
#28
Hence the $1100 price.
Most mechanics stick to "shop time" for various jobs but their hourly rates vary. If the mechanic is good at what he does and offers good customer service along with either OEM or quality parts, a couple hundred difference shouldn't really matter.
Don't really linger on the price. The bottom line is you got her fixed without any further damage. $1100 is a lot better than the alternative and not totally out of line IMO.
Most mechanics stick to "shop time" for various jobs but their hourly rates vary. If the mechanic is good at what he does and offers good customer service along with either OEM or quality parts, a couple hundred difference shouldn't really matter.Don't really linger on the price. The bottom line is you got her fixed without any further damage. $1100 is a lot better than the alternative and not totally out of line IMO.
12-06-2014, 01:59 AM
#30
Hence the $1100 price. Most mechanics stick to "shop time" for various jobs but their hourly rates vary. If the mechanic is good at what he does and offers good customer service along with either OEM or quality parts, a couple hundred difference shouldn't really matter.
Don't really linger on the price. The bottom line is you got her fixed without any further damage. $1100 is a lot better than the alternative and not totally out of line IMO.
Most mechanics stick to "shop time" for various jobs but their hourly rates vary. If the mechanic is good at what he does and offers good customer service along with either OEM or quality parts, a couple hundred difference shouldn't really matter.Don't really linger on the price. The bottom line is you got her fixed without any further damage. $1100 is a lot better than the alternative and not totally out of line IMO.
haha