can i drive my car ,with a blown water pump, 5 miles to a service center?
Probably not because most vehicles use a serpentine belt/drive belt to run the water pump and when the water pump goes the belt will most likely fall off. If you have an interference engine where the timing belt runs the water pump, then you could. It's not recommended, but I would do it if I couldn't do the repair myself.
fill radator with water leave radator cap lose keep eye on temp gadge dont over heat if gets hot pullover an let cool down for a 1/2 hour an finich run to severce station won herart any thing as long as you dont over heat an most car insurance will renburse tow have to pay first an mail bill ti insuranse company a nother opson
i guess you mean it leaking water like crazy from the pump. yes you can drive 5 miles. start out with a cold eng, leave the radiator cap loose plan a route where you dont have to set at stop lights. And drive slower as to not heat up the eng , not 60 mph. Take 5 gallons of water with you to add if you need to. what ever you do dont let it over heat. the shop should come and tow you cheap, like $35 , that would be safer. but if it is just leaking water as long as you keep water in it you can go 5 miles. i have done that sort of thing several times. 5 miles id easy if your not stuck in stop and go traffic.
its possible. i dont reccomend it, but if you do, get a couple or few gallons of just water, depending on how big your radiator is, and keep an eye on your temp gauge, if it starts going up, shut off your car, wait 5 to 10 minutes, carefully open the cap on your radiator, and put water in it untill it fills back up. i had a busted water pump i drove 20 miles on everyday for about 3 days untill i had time to fix it, it wasnt a bad leak though, and that still sucked, i would honestly just pay the small amount for a tow truck for the 5 miles.
Absolutely not. You'll most likely end up blowing the radiator. A great amount of pressure can/will be built up in the radiator and that's not good. I had the water pump go out in my Mazda MPV and didn't know it. I was going up the expressway and just so happened to notice that my temperature gauge was in the red and then I heard a pop and water and steam came shooting up from underneath the hood. You can usually only go about a 1/4 to 1/2 mile with a blown water pump. You'll have to get it towed.
