Hexa-dB
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The other day a pipe snapped on my water pump inlet causing all my coolant to leak out. I pulled over pretty sharpish, as soon as the temp guage started moving up, and got driven home on a recovery truck.
The engine bay looks like coolant sprayed around a bit and it's been sat in the damp & cold for a few days. I replaced the broken bit yesterday and refilled with coolant but couldn't get it to start. It would turn over and almost catch but not quite. Tried a different battery & jump starting which didn't work. We did eventually get it going this morning after drying anything we could see with kitchen roll and then giving it a bit of throttle as it caught.
The alternator belt squeaked as it started so I think it was still a bit damp but otherwise, while revving it sounded ok. As soon as I came off the throttle though the idle dropped right down, almost to a stall, then hunted up & down for a couple of seconds before settling down.
I took it for a drive for half an hour or so, up & down dual carriageways mostly, and it still does it and did stall at pretty much every junction where I had to stop. It restarted each time, but sometimes needed a bit of throttle to get going. Apart from that, when driving along it feels fine, there's no smoke or anything, the heaters blow nice & hot, the temp guage stays dead centre.
Could it be related to dampness somewhere (alternator maybe)? I drove it for a while to try and dry it out but it's chucking it down and the roads were all pretty wet. Is there any way an air lock in the coolant could cause it? (seems unlikely)
The engine bay looks like coolant sprayed around a bit and it's been sat in the damp & cold for a few days. I replaced the broken bit yesterday and refilled with coolant but couldn't get it to start. It would turn over and almost catch but not quite. Tried a different battery & jump starting which didn't work. We did eventually get it going this morning after drying anything we could see with kitchen roll and then giving it a bit of throttle as it caught.
The alternator belt squeaked as it started so I think it was still a bit damp but otherwise, while revving it sounded ok. As soon as I came off the throttle though the idle dropped right down, almost to a stall, then hunted up & down for a couple of seconds before settling down.
I took it for a drive for half an hour or so, up & down dual carriageways mostly, and it still does it and did stall at pretty much every junction where I had to stop. It restarted each time, but sometimes needed a bit of throttle to get going. Apart from that, when driving along it feels fine, there's no smoke or anything, the heaters blow nice & hot, the temp guage stays dead centre.
Could it be related to dampness somewhere (alternator maybe)? I drove it for a while to try and dry it out but it's chucking it down and the roads were all pretty wet. Is there any way an air lock in the coolant could cause it? (seems unlikely)
It'll be tight but man up and do it. 
