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My step mother bought a 2000 Nissan Sentra from someone that was going to junk it. They needed money and the car had issues. I knew the previous owner and had done some minor work on it before. Well the current problem is the radiator split at the top and it was near the end of winter. the owner did not fix it. instead of antifreeze they put water in it, it was cheaper… They ended up parking it because the temp would raise way too fast. long story short they may have let water freeze in the block/head.
I went and looked at this car, it starts and idles fine, but upon inspection there was no coolant of any kind in the car and it was missing the water pump v belt. I filled it full of coolant and revved the engine. it sprayed coolant out the radiator . The coolant was not hot.
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I know a working water pump can do this, but with no belt on the water pump how did it do this? could the head/block be cracked?
I know the parts stores have a block tester/ 5 gas tester for coolant that checks for bad head gaskets and cracked block/heads.
If the head was cracked or something how long would the car have to run before there would be enough gas in the coolant to check with this tester?I have to decide, new v belt, maybe water pump and radiator, or used engine or junk the car.
Thanks guys.
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