Well, it seems that it’s time for liquid-related repairs. My car is currently over at Belle Tire at 23 Mile and VanDyke having it’s water pump replaced. See, this morning I went to go to lunch, and there was a good sized pool of DexCool beneath my car. I checked the coolant levels, but everything seemed all right, maybe a tad low. Went to lunch, came back, parked in a different spot. While driving, the temperature never got above normal, and there was no low coolant lamp lit.<\/p>\n
After work, again, no apparent coolant leak. That’s good, so I headed home-ish, with a stop to get my oil changed and tires rotated. A few minutes after sitting down to read, the service guy told me there was coolant steadily flowing from the water pump.<\/p>\n
Well, that was it. I guess the leak was my car… So, I called my parents and was able to procure a ride home from the shop. I’m also in the process of making arrangements to get over to the shop at noonish tomorrow, when the work is scheduled to be completed.<\/p>\n
So, a bit of cash later, and I’ll have rotated tires, a new water pump, new coolant (for the second time within the supposed life of DexCool), and fresh synthetic oil. Should be about… Oh… $300 or so, when all is said and done.<\/p>\n
Now it’s off to disassemble the outside faucet and retrieve the washer, so that I can pick up a new one tomorrow. Yay!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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