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no but if you try to run the car with the water pump out you could overheat your engine
Begin by removing the wiring harness from your auxiliary water pump. Drain the water from the system. Remove the water supply hose. Remove the water pump retaining bolts. Reverse the process to install your new auxiliary water pump.
if your water pump fails, engine will overheat. You will have no heat in vehicle.
The car may overheat!
Water pump needs replacing
It willl overheat when it gets low on coolant.
You will see coolant leaking around the water pump, your car will overheat.
No, but faulty water pump or thermostat can.
Stuck thermostat, clogged radiator.
No, not an alternator itself. A slipping belt driving the alternator and the water pump could though.
You can not, and should not drive a car that has a bad water pump. The water pump pumps coolant through the engine. You engine will overheat and die without a functioning water pump.
Bad radiator, gaskets, water pump, thermostat