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Old Oct 22, 2005 | 06:18 PM
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Default So I'm leaking coolant...

From what appears to be my waterpump (the weephole?).

I'm waiting on a new waterpump from Summit, but I was wondering if it's okay to be driving to college (100 mile round trip) because I start on the thirty first.

And my rear tires are bald, and my hazard lights switch doesn't work, and my exhaust system makes a loud vibrating sound at stoplights, and my radio doesn't work (still oem tape player ), and I got a scratch on the front bumper that I don't know where it came from.

Dammit!
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Old Oct 22, 2005 | 06:20 PM
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Oh and my windshield wiper blades need replacing.

Anybody want to vent with me?
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Old Oct 22, 2005 | 06:31 PM
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You need to keep up with the maintenance and no you cant drive a 100 miles on leaky pump+100 miles=Dead LT1
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Old Oct 22, 2005 | 06:45 PM
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I'm also still making this sqeaky sound, kinda like a kazoo sound from the engine bay. I posted it before but the problem hasn't gone away. One guy told me it was cuz I was running lean so I thought maybe I had dirty injectors so I tried injector cleaner. The problem became less frequent but still comes and goes.
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Old Oct 22, 2005 | 06:45 PM
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You are going to want to run it as little as possible...you don't want coolant running all over your optispark.
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Old Oct 22, 2005 | 09:03 PM
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I went through 3 opti sparks before I realized my fairly new water pump was leaking on it. Now I think it's doing much better!

Driving from Dallas to school (~200 miles) it started dying just driving down the highway. I would let it sit for a few minutes then would start back up and drive for an hour or so. Be careful man, you don't want to get left stranded somewhere!
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