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I am beginning to believe that the water pump impeller melted or broke based on the fact that there is a fine black powder in the bottom of the coolant tank now that it's cooled off overnight and is only about 1/3 full.
Do I try bleeding it first?
What do I do?
It's become a money pit and I think that I may have a clogged cooling system as the mechanic suspects from the meltdown.
Any advice?
Junkers will give me about $1500 for the car.
Is it worth putting the kind of $$ into it to see what's going on?
It's a 2002 with 145k that was run while completely overheated. It seems to me that even if I do get the coolant thing sorted out, are there cracked heads or cylinders in my future?
Is this the type of scenario where the temp gauge will not register a problem as going above 190 but if there is no circulation, the temp is actually a lot hotter and then that is causing the overflow to dump coolant once it gets hot?
I'm trying to stay logical and reasoned without losing my mind here.
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