[Vwdiesel] It pours

[Mark Shepherd]

I don't think that your engine was truely seized, as you were able to restart later. 
Seeing as you spotted the warning lights, I assume you drove gingerly for the next mile or so. 
Not sure what could have hit your pump. If it's one of the last of the old style 4 cylinder types, I suspect it's failed on the cheap bushing of the last of the 
production...
I drove that [this] old engine for a week with oil level so low that the vacuum pump would have to rely on centrifuge to create a vacuum. [For some reason 
there is no high pressure warning sender on the filter housing]! only one for the head, and that is satisfied with only a few psi.

I also drove for 2 miles towing a caravan with no water after my top hose split catastrophically covering my windscreen with water; but I had thought it was 
the passing 4 x 4 showing off with it's super-dooper screen wash. Alas no water level alarm... 

Symptoms were a drop in water temp[gauge-wise] followed by a slow rise... I too was on a no-stopping interstate, 2 miles was first exit... This was the 
corroded headgasket event that led me to hand skim that head years ago, and the rest is history...:o)

So basically things may not be as bad as you think...
Mark


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Message Received: Jul 26 2013, 02:56 PM
From: "Vincent McBeigh" 
To: "Brian and Ruth Decker" 
Cc: "vw fans" 
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] It pours

The engine is probably hosed, then. I didn't have the luxury of pulling
over immediately due to where I was on the particular stretch of road. It
may have toasted my engine, but at least I could get to a safe location for
my passengers.

It seems like it's my water pump that got eaten. I think something kicked
up from the road and hit it or got caught in the belt. Luckily, as a road
hazard, my insurance should cover it.
On Jul 26, 2013 8:42 AM, "Brian and Ruth Decker" 
wrote:

> One thing I have learned on the older VW diesels is when the coolant light
> comes on I shut off the engine and coast to a stop to find out why. If I do
> that and I have no coolant I have usually blown a coolant hose, water pump
> belt or a head gasket. With the coolant hose or belt I just replace and
> it's
> good. About the same with the head gasket except it takes a little longer.
> If one drives even a mile I find that it usually ruins a piston or two and
> at least a rebore is in line.
> Brian Decker
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
> Behalf Of Vincent McBeigh
> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 1:37 PM
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] It pours
>
> Hi, all
>
> My 1999 Mk3 Jetta AHU has been giving me all sorts of trouble lately. I had
> to replace the alternator in an AutoZone parking lot in NY, and back here
> in
> NH, I had my coolant light and oil pressure light come on in that order,
> got
> blue smoke from under my hood and out my tailpipe, then the engine seized
> (it seems). This all happened fairly rapidly. My coolant tank is bone dry,
> but I still have plenty of oil on the dip stick.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Vincent
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