Gen 2 ACR water pump?

[GTS Dean]

Looks like they only do diesel now

Call them a anyway

 

[VOtterViper]

Looks like they only do diesel now

Wrong referral. I got several. These guys are do products now. Thank you!

 

[VOtterViper]

Thank you! Looks like a great referral, will need to transport - maybe 3-4 hours away.

Thank you!

 

[Goggles Pizano]

There is someone in kingsland and st. Mary that is just a very mechanic.

 

[VOtterViper]

Thanks, that is close but would still need to transport.

This P1 was referred looks very interesting.

They pick it up - store/sell.

Any experience with them?

 

[serafins]

Thanks, that is close but would still need to transport.

This P1 was referred looks very interesting.

They pick it up - store/sell.

Any experience with them?

Matt Terrico/P1 is top notch. Great parts source also.

 

[VOtterViper]

Can they also help sell it?

Their showroom is a lot better than my driveway at my other house - and they fix it.

Sounds good to me.

Any experience out there on selling through P1?

 

[serafins]

Can they also help sell it?

Their showroom is a lot better than my driveway at my other house - and they fix it.

Sounds good to me.

Any experience out there on selling through P1?

No experience buying/selling through him but he’s a very well known name in the viper world. I’d say just give him a call and ask him. He’s always been brutally honest with me.

 

[serafins]

I will say also that my cousin has been in the market for a Gen 2 ACR ever since I bought mine a couple years ago. He’s not afraid of doing some work to it.

Can’t promise anything but if you want to send me some pics of it and what you want for it I’ll run it by him.

No pressure though. Totally understand if you’d rather get it fixed first and then list it.

 

[VOtterViper]

That's who I'm going with. They will pick it up, fix it, store it, help me sell it.

I have several cars including sports cars and this one just isn't what I'm looking for at my age.

May sell it and an A8 I have - and I dare to say, maybe buy a low mileage M5 or similar sedan

Thoughts?

 

[VOtterViper]

I thought I had replied. That is who I'm going with. They will pick it up, fix it, store it, help sell it

May have done differently if I'd had more time driving it and less time overheating.

My R8 build is finally done so I'll have that now as well. It also has a V10, tuned, etc.

May sell the Viper and go in the opposite direction and buy something like a low mileage M5 Competition or similar.

Thoughts?

 

[BoondocSaint]

If you're asking this community whether you should sell the Viper and buy a sports sedan...I think you can probably guess the answer lol. Vipers aren't for everyone, they lean more heavily towards street legal racecar than sports car in many respects.

 

[VOtterViper]

Yes, of course, it's definitely a street legal track car. Better than what I'd hoped for.

Love it, just gotta move on and always helpful to get feedback from knowledgeable car guys.

I get it if wrong forum.

 

[99RT10GTS]

Call them a anyway

Don't. Do not go to Macedo unless you want.................. trouble

 

[Badinternet]

Aside from a leaking hose or a hole in the radiator, there are two main reasons that fluid runs out from underneath the right front after a drive: First is that one just tapped a parking lot curb stone and drove a closeout panel bolt through the bottom corner of the bottle..which is unlikely as the story has been told.

More likely is the trapped air in the system has pushed fluid into that non-pressurized overflow bottle AND, as the engine cools down causing a volumetric contraction of the coolant, you are losing the created vacuum required to draw fluid from the overflow bottle back into the system. This would mean more air in the system, less coolant in the system. With more drive cycles, it compounds to your current status.


Have you checked the status of the overflow bottle in front fascia? I am betting that it is full. To check,
Go to the right front wheelwell, locate the narrow, vertical inspection glass which is located in the fender liner in front of the inner edge of the right front tire. Clean this viewport with a damp rag.

Remove the round rubber cover in the front of the passenger side front tire. Then using a small, BRIGHT LED light pressed directly against the overflow bottle, look at the level in the viewport to see if you have an air-fluid level. Again, I am betting that you do not because that bottle is full.

If full, locate the exit spout molded into the edge of that bottle, thread a very solid PE tube retrograde into the bottle with enough length to reach its bottom, then **** the coolant down to where the air-fluid level seen through the viewport is half way up in the viewport. It is easier in a darkened location and with green coolant.

Next, check the reservoir under the hood. If low, fill to appropriate level just below the neck. I usually add a new pressure cap ("radiator cap") this point.

Then start a series of full heat cycle runs...noting the level in the cold overflow bottle and again the level in that bottle when hot just after shutdown.

This will likely take at least a few cycles to determine the status within the overflow bottle.. if creeping up, add a tiny hose clamp to the rubber hose coming off the neck of the pressure tank...just under the "radiator cap" to prevent loss of suction on coolant. Complete more cycles, inspections, whiles watching levels in both bottles.

Remember that no system is "complex" once you thoroughly understand it.

DISCLAIMER: I am not a tech I am not selling anything, and have done all of the above dozens of times over the past 30 years on my own 5 Gen I and Gen II Vipers. Fortunately, none of this applies to our Gen III, IV, or V Vipers.

Hey Steve... so, I frequently notice liquid underneath the right front bumper under the reservoir... are you saying that is an indication that I've lost vacuum/and am in trouble?

 

[GTS Dean]

Could be overfilled siphon tank. Or, one of the lower fascia bolts has been pushed into the bottom corner of the tank and it is leaking.

 

[Badinternet]

Could be overfilled siphon tank. Or, one of the lower fascia bolts has been pushed into the bottom corner of the tank and it is leaking.

So, there isn't supposed to be any liquid leaking under the car at that spot? I'm pretty sure mine has always done that but if it's an indication that I've lost vacuum or there is hole then wouldn't I have experienced a problem prior? I've definitely had issues with cooling but that was either due to a hole in the hose, or two bad water pumps. My shop never mentioned anything wrong with the reservoir.

 

[GTS Dean]

If you nose up on a curb stop, or climb a driveway at just the wrong angle, "that one lower fascia bolt" will punch right thru the bottom corner and drain your siphon tank. Every time you cool the car to ambient it will **** air into the system.