Sidekick water pump failure warning

dogboy1995
Sat, 09 May 2009 22:14:47 +0000
Maintenance/Repairs

I had a Suzuki Sidekick JX. The water pump broke and dumped all the

coolant out. With no coolant to measure the temperature of, the engine

temperature gauge never moved even though the engine overheated and

warped the head, essentially destroying the engine.

Of course, if I was informed that the water pump failed I would have

stopped the engine immediately, probably saving the engine.

Is this not poor engineering? Surely, the engine temperature gauge

should inform the driver when the water pump fails?

Thanks as always.

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