I am having overheating problems with the outside temperature in the low 40's. I think I screwed up my water pump. I have been running a 4 row radiator and an 18" flex fan. I have had no over heating issues even in the heat of summer.
Two weeks ago, after installing my 3.73 gears, I went out on a local country road and acted like a teenager. I never took into consideration that my engine would move, and my flex fan hit my upper radiator hose bending it into a 16" fan. I nursed the car home (about 1 mile) and replaced the radiator hose. I ran the car long enough to pull it into the garage, and I began to install an electric fan. Now that the new fan is in, I have a new, intermittent , squeeling sound from the water pump, and the car overheats at all speeds. Light cruising in 40* weather causes overheating. I don't think that should have anything to do with the fan.
The water pump only has about 3000 miles on it. Could the pump have been damaged when the fan hit the radiator? Does this sound like the result of poor water movement?
Two weeks ago, after installing my 3.73 gears, I went out on a local country road and acted like a teenager. I never took into consideration that my engine would move, and my flex fan hit my upper radiator hose bending it into a 16" fan. I nursed the car home (about 1 mile) and replaced the radiator hose. I ran the car long enough to pull it into the garage, and I began to install an electric fan. Now that the new fan is in, I have a new, intermittent , squeeling sound from the water pump, and the car overheats at all speeds. Light cruising in 40* weather causes overheating. I don't think that should have anything to do with the fan.
The water pump only has about 3000 miles on it. Could the pump have been damaged when the fan hit the radiator? Does this sound like the result of poor water movement?