Hi All

Think I'm clutching at straws here but has anyone ever had a failed water pump?

1997 UK Turbo with 215,000 miles - its been looked after, good frequent oil, warm up and cool down etc...
TD04 Hybrid & Apexi ECU to ~300bhp
A few miles ago radiator and top hose went on run to work - dual carriage way driving
AA chap used Kraken tape and magic gunge ..... I know I know
Didn't fix the radiator so truck ride home
New radiator installed and top and bottom hoses

70 mile round trip for a re-tune/map, its been a while and was struggling for MOT emissions
60 mile trip to airport
All seemed good

Return from airport and I lost a lot of coolant.

Have checked heater matrix and its not blocked
Have back filled coolant in case of air lock
Have replaced thermostat

Car warms up slowly - normally, when driving sensibly
Once temp gets to about 88C it goes through the roof very quickly and it spits coolant out of the over flow passenger side.
Top rad hose obviously hot
Bottom one cold
There's no coolant flow

Everything I've read suggests I've got a cylinder head gasket failure, which I'm afraid is likely to right the car off.
Its my 8 yr old's pride and joy - the family labrador if you like, so I'm looking at every possibility and probably in denial

Has anyone ever had a failed water pump.?
In all honesty the one in there was changed only once as far as I can remember so its done 125,000 miles

Any other possibilities?

Thanks

 

Empty and refill again check thermostat have you replaced the radiator cap. Prime suspect.

 

Water pump, unlikely
hot top, cold bottom hose means no coolant flow.
Check thermostat, rad hoses, rad blockage.

 

He's done all that as said in his first post.

 

Update

Definitely blown head gasket.

Bubbles in coolant header and it smells of exhaust



Do I have an engine out job in me? ......

 

unlucky mate.
easy engine to work on,get it whipped out

 

Just been to tip, making space for the job.
Will keep the old girl rolling for a few more years
Scoobynet is awesome for support, expect a few questions guys