'86 100??? In the US? May be Europe.
My guess is that your water pump is going out with bad bearings. If it is a
European T44 I5 it is time for a timing belt, water pump, tensioner etc.
I had a water pump on one fail like that until it dumped all the coolant on the
road.
> '86 100??? In the US? May be Europe.
Sorry, forgot to mention that; yep, I'm in europe, Denmark to be precise.
> My guess is that your water pump is going out with bad bearings. If it is
> a European T44 I5 it is time for a timing belt, water pump, tensioner etc.
>
> I had a water pump on one fail like that until it dumped all the coolant
> on the road.
Hmm. That sounds pretty dodgy and, owing to lack of a workshop, nothing I
can fix myself :-(
Thanks for the reply, I'll look into it :)

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Chris
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Chris G. - 15 Jan 2006 09:43 GMT
Yep, took a look this morning and it's certainly looking like the
water-pump's shuffled off this mortal coil :-/
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Chris
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Tony - 15 Jan 2006 20:23 GMT
If you need to R&R the timing belt this would be a good time to do it with the
water pump.
If not you change the pump fairly easily. The pump rotates to tighten the timing
belt. Be sure to check valve timing after the change.
> Yep, took a look this morning and it's certainly looking like the
> water-pump's shuffled off this mortal coil :-/
>
> --
> Chris
> : )
> '86 100??? In the US? May be Europe.
Err... where did he say it was a US model? The 100 was known as the 5000 in
the US, not the other way round.
Regards
Jonathan
Tony - 15 Jan 2006 20:19 GMT
Try reading it again.
I think this is due to our language barrier. :-)
>>'86 100??? In the US? May be Europe.
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> Jonathan