Miata Mailing List: January 2000, Message #398

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From: "=?iso-8859-1?q?Axel=20W.?=" <sampa@yahoo.com>
Subject:Re: funny noise at idle?
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 07:24:29 -0500




Bill Rockoff wrote:

> In the EXTREMELY unlikely event that your water pump has
> somehow failed this early (heck, MINE's still original, with
> 170,000 miles as of Friday)

Hey, rub my nose in it, why don'cha?  8)

> you would be able to tell because either the engine would tend
> to overheat, or it would leak water out the front of the engine
> between the engine and the radiator.

For what it's worth, my car exhibited neither of these symptoms until the
pump gave and my engine peed all over the parking lot.. just the funny
noise.  8(

John



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