OVERHEATING in the desert
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Originally Posted by stitos2k,Jul 28 2009, 09:32 PM
Your second failure was probably an air bubble in the coolant. Probably didn't bleed the system when you replaced that hose?
Either way it sucks rocks. I don't know what OJR was talking about, I've NEVER heard of the stock water pump pulley failing on stock, or even with any other SC'r kit. If it had happened I'm sure it would be on this site somewhere.
Either way it sucks rocks. I don't know what OJR was talking about, I've NEVER heard of the stock water pump pulley failing on stock, or even with any other SC'r kit. If it had happened I'm sure it would be on this site somewhere.
w/ this comment if you didnt bleed the systemSorry about your misfortune tho
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Originally Posted by DarkWingS2K,Jul 28 2009, 07:03 PM
Yes they were..
GMK, thats a valid point about the battery light coming on. I guess it just wasnt enough to catch my attention, I was in heavy traffic.
Im curious about all the possible heat related damage that can result from this issue.... warpage, melting gaskets?..... how do the cylinders, pistons, valvetrain, etc all respond to overheating? anyone have any ideas?
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Originally Posted by chairmnofthboard,Jul 28 2009, 07:20 PM
Oh man, Now I feel like a total A-Hole, I seen you on the fwy. Well I seen the top of your car. I called S2khabitat that was following and asked him is that was a S2000 broken down in that weird carpool/fasttrack lane. He said he didn't see anyone so we kept going.
I feel really bad leaving you behind. (yes yes, enter the obligatory "leaving your behind joke")
At least I offered my pulley
I feel really bad leaving you behind. (yes yes, enter the obligatory "leaving your behind joke")
At least I offered my pulley
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Sorry to hear that happened to you Jack. You think OJR would step up and accept responsibilty of the water pump pulley failure since its only happened with their kits. I have never heard of any comptech or vortech cars breaking the pulley.
You can always pull the head and see how everything looks. Would be a good time to dump the KW kit and go turbo.
You can always pull the head and see how everything looks. Would be a good time to dump the KW kit and go turbo.
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i'm sorry to hear that, i'm in similar situation, due to my turbo lines leaking, and the car was overheating i didn't even know =/
please take a lot of pic , i want to see how it looks and what to expect.
please take a lot of pic , i want to see how it looks and what to expect.
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Originally Posted by DarkWingS2K,Jul 28 2009, 06:09 PM
It already failed on me..
Here is a picture of mine did Honda change there W/P pulley in the last 3 yrs?
I also ran a little FEA to see the stress points on these W/P pulleys. Thicker would help or maybe just a stronger material the stock material appears to be Magnetic, ruling out Aluminum. In your pictures since the Mounting holes are really close to the venting/tool holes its probally why it failed.
