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my 225,000km old RB20det overheated today.

Limped it home and waited for it to cool down.

Topped it up with 4L of coolant and noted that its making some more noise than usual.

Is it the water pump that is on the back of the clutch fan, and has the bottom radiator hose going into it?

It seems to be coming from there, and I noted that the aforementioned hose is empty (normally i'd expect it to be full of coolant and hence firm).

thoughts?

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Probably a good assumption there mate...not sure what troubleshooting you can do though, others might know. Perhaps remove the return hose from the plenum to radiator and crank it over, see if water comes out of the hose.

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4L seems a lot to lose from ? boiling out of the overflow?

if you've had a leak and theres no water flow/flowing poorly then that would explain your water pump making noise and the temp spike.

might have done damage to the water water pump if its just spinning and pumping nothing for a long time.

results are still the same, check signs of a leak.

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Is the fan wobbly? IIRC when the pump bearings go, the fan will wobble a bit but you'll probably need to loosen the belt to see it. Any sort of noise is a bad sign. If the timing belt is old, baby it around until you get it changed.

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not wobbly, interested to see the pump once it comes out.

I'll be limping it to the mechanic to have the folllowing done:

new water pump

new alloy radiator

new timing belt

new thermostat

flush block - the old coolant was filthy

sounds like you got it sorted, now just hope your mechanic doesn't charge extortionate prices and does the job right!

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you do have a choice, what you are doing is pretty much a 100k service, there are kits you can buy online which come with the belts and a water pump, there are tutorials on SAU on how to do it as well, it can save you hundreds of dollars in labor fees, just need the time/effort to do it.

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