need help with overheating 88 100q

[Kneale Brownson]

Is this 20-valve engine specific, Brett?  The water pump on my wife's 4kq
failed by the shaft bearing or bushing (whatever that assembly is) wearing
out and the coolant leaking past the shaft.  The shaft wore enough to allow
the pulley to wobble but it didn't take out the timing belt.  

At 08:52 PM 8/6/2004 -0400, Brett Dikeman wrote:
>At 1:16 AM -0400 8/6/04, Stpndsmnn at aol.com wrote:
>
>>It sounds like the water pump went bad but it doesn't sound horrible.
>
>I hear this all the time in overheating situations- it's not 
>possible.  If the water pump 'fails', it shreds the timing belt to 
>pieces instantly.  The only other way the pump can go 'bad' is if it 
>starts leaking around the seal.