The Exploding Water Pump...

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The title probably makes our event of the day seem a little more dramatic than it actually was. More accurately, it should be "The Leaking All Over the Inside of the Engine Compartment Water Pump". I though the one I went with would be shorter...

As you may have figured out by now though, we had car problems today. It started with a "Low Coolant" light about a block away from where Lilly works. I dropped her off, figuring I could probably nurse the car (assuming it was a mild leak) all the way from downtown Garland to Mesquite where I work. About 2 blocks later, the steam coming out from under the hood said, "Not so fast!", and I was quickly nursing the poor Pontiac back to Lilly's workplace.

A few phone calls, and about 30 minutes later, Rob came and picked me up to bring me to work. It wasn't until after work that my dad came and towed our car (after picking both Lilly and I up) back to Big D. (Dallas) We ended up spending the rest of the evening working on the car. We didn't even make it home until almost 1 AM. It's working though now, and that's good.

It seems that it was a bad water pump. We had also been planning to replace the belt, and so we ended up doing both at the same time tonight. Did I mention it was cold? I've been home, in the heat, for about an hour now, and I still feel chilled... (It's supposed to get down to 26 Fahrenheit tonight (that's about -3.3 degrees, Celsius, btw).

That's pretty cold for Texas. Things actually freeze for once!! There's even rumors that we might see wintery weather tonight. We'll have to take a wait and see approach to that though.

In the meantime, here are a couple of pics from our adventures this evening.


My Dad and I


Also My Dad and I


Even Lilly was helping...


Actually, she helped quite a bit.

"Don't leave me here! I'm in hillbilly hell! My IQ's dropping by the second! I'm becoming one of them!"

- Lightning McQueen - Cars