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Q: If the oil pump is bad is your car will it blow your engine up?
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Can you still drive your car if the water pump is bad?

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.


Can a bad water pump cause your car to stall?

A bad water pump can cause your car to stall if the bearing has failed or it is causing overheating. A seized bearing will put excessive strain on the engine and stall it out.


The gas will not go to the engine to start the car up?

Bad fuel Pump? Bad fuel pump relay? Plugged fuel filter?


Can you drive your car with a broken water pump?

No you can't. The car will still overheard. Mine dies that now. And if u continue to drive you will blow your engine


Can a car run if fuel pump is going bad?

no...if the pump is indeed going bad then it will not be able to properly pump enough fuel to your cars engine..better have a professional look at it soon.


Can a bad EGR valve cause the engine to backfire?

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Why your car is leaking antifreeze from the driver side it look that is leaking under the hose that runs from the radiator to the engine but it is not the hose would your engine be crack?

if it leaks on left side of engine at hose,could be a bad water pump! on 3.1 engine. if pump is bad it will leak out of releif hole on bottom of pump!


When do you need to rev the engine during auto repair?

you should never rev your engine when you start your car it sometimes takes the oil pump time to pump oil up into the engine heads if you rev it too much your engine could suck a valve or blow a lifter.


Can you start a car with a bad fuel pump?

If it is pumping at low pressure then yes, but the engine will just idle and not much more than that. If it does not pump at all, then no.


Would a bad oil pump cause a car to stop running?

A bad engine oil pump could destroy the engine if allowed to continue to run. If the engine oil light stays on and or the oil pressure gauge reads "0", the engine is in serious trouble. Have it towed to a shop for diagnoses.


Will a bad fuel pump on a 1980 corvette bodge down the engine?

It very well could, yes (although the car most likely won't run at all with a bad fuel pump).


How if you know if you need a fuel filter or a fuel pump?

If fuel filter is plugged car will idle but starve for power as it is getting very little fuel, If fuel pump is bad car will wind over but not start " no fuel going to engine " A little trick I use pound on bottom of fuel tank while engine is turning over if engine starts then you know you have a bad fuel pump