My Scrambler has a 258 and does NOT have a serpentine belt. I replaced my water pump and noticed on the one I pulled out that it had "REV" stamped on it. My understanding is that "Reverse Flow" pumps should only be used on systems that use a serpentine belt. I replaced the pump with a regular flow pump, as per the manuals.
Since replacing the pump and radiator I haven't overheated again, but the temp gauge seems to run on the high side (almost out of the green sometimes).
Question: If I had the wrong flow direction pump in, would I see the thing overheat really fast or could the result just be a hot running engine like I am seeing?
I am guessing that if the answer is that it will overheat, then I must have some blockage inside my engine block causing the hot running engine....?
Any advice?
Thanks in advance.
Since replacing the pump and radiator I haven't overheated again, but the temp gauge seems to run on the high side (almost out of the green sometimes).
Question: If I had the wrong flow direction pump in, would I see the thing overheat really fast or could the result just be a hot running engine like I am seeing?
I am guessing that if the answer is that it will overheat, then I must have some blockage inside my engine block causing the hot running engine....?
Any advice?
Thanks in advance.