if your water pump fails, engine will overheat. You will have no heat in vehicle.
There will be no water pumped into your engine to cool it, then you might need a new engine.
It can break the water pump housing, engine block, radiator. Major damage.
How to change a water pump on a 1997 Pontiac Transport
Remove battery. Remove left engine brace. Remove serpentine belt. Take off water pump pulley. Take off water pump! This was the easiest water pump I ever replaced.
Fuel pump is what pumps gas to engine. Water pump is what pump water in engine
The water pump is usually on the front of the engine.
Engine will overheat. Possibly seizing the pistons and totally wrecking the engine.
If it is a FWD engine then it is on the front below the water pump on the left behind the pulley
When a water pump fails in a vehicle, the water stops circulating and the engine will not be cooled. Therefore it will get hot and overheat.
Usually it does not, but if the water pump is leaking some fluid can be on the water pump pulley which might cause the timing belt to slip.If it happens you are facing a very serious engine repair in couple thousand dollars. Also a bad water pump can cause overheating which can damage the engine too.
Could cause the belt to slip and the engine to overheat.