help with 95 dodge neon sludge and water pump?

Posted by admin on Mar 23rd

ok some one put sugar in my gas tank i had to replace my fuel pump and now i have sludge that’s eating th inside of my radiator hoses and my water pump went and of course that’s timing driven and my timing belt is awful tight i cant put a finger in between it ….and my car is not car water so i cant drive it and i don’t have money to blow to take it to a shop any help u can offer will help and i know i am going to replace my water pump and info for when i do that will help and answers to the sludge (its like a Vaseline) and how to find out if its in my motor or my brand new radiator ? me plz i am a 18 yr old girl with knowledge about cars and have friends to help me and my mom so any helpp will help and is better then none
listen i dont care how i spell ok i am fucken stressed out and its my cooling and yes the sugar messed my fuel pump up it was 2 months old
i live in florida the sludge is vasiline like
and info on how long or what not when doing water pump

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2 Responses to “help with 95 dodge neon sludge and water pump?”

Mar 23rd at 12:26 pm By: Vipassana

Correct your “knowledge” then.

http://www.snopes.com/autos/grace/sugar.asp

Sugar in the tank, is a MYTH.

The problem you have, is NOT due to someone putting sugar in the tank.

Secondly, your fuel system doesn’t connect at all to your radiator. So, replacing a fuel pump has nothing to do with sludge in your coolant.

So, is the sludge in the coolant, or the fuel? Because honestly, your question makes no sense right now.

Edit: I didn’t correct your spelling. I corrected the fact that you are incorrect about sugar in the tank doing anything.

IF anything, it would have clogged your fuel filter. Not your fuel pump.

Go read the article.

Mar 23rd at 12:28 pm By: CaRnI

If i were you i would go to the parts store and buy a bottle of radiator flush. Follow the directions and flush your radiator out. Then fill the system with water, let it run for a bit to cycle through (make sure to put your heat on high) then flush that system out with new water. You want to get it so the water is clean the last time you flush it. Now depending on your situation you can leave water in it or fill it with coolant/antifreeze.

The only thing coolant/antifreeze does is keep the liquid in your radiator from freezing (it’s pretty self-explanatory). The radiator cap on your system is what allows the coolant inside the system to get above 212F without boiling. So if you think it would be safer to run water for a couple days then drain it and then fill it with antifreeze then go for it. Just don’t do it if cold weather is approaching.

I wouldn’t think sugar in the gas tank would cause sludge in the coolant (sugar in the gas tank is about the same as sand in the gas tank), this could be a problem with the head gasket. You can do a compression test and a leak-down test to find out if it is the head gasket. Also if your coolant boils in your overflow bottle you for sure have a head gasket issue.

As for the timing belt, it’s supposed to be extremely tight. If this belt slipped you could easily crush the valves in the head and have a good amount of damage. It has a hydraulic tensioner that pushes on an idler pulley just like in this pic.

http://www.2gnt.com/graphics/timing%20diagam.bmp

Anyway I hope you have better luck, i’d kill someone if they put sugar in my gas tank. Then again i have a locking gas cap.

If you have any questions feel free to im me via yahoo messenger.