How do I know that the water pump is not working on a 96 Ford Escort?

I used a head gasket seal healer, and that seemed to stop the white smoke for a little bit, but the car still broke down. The guy that stopped to help me said that he thought it was the water pump. But how do I know for sure?How do I know that the water pump is not working on a 96 Ford Escort?Yeah any engine repair in a bottle will never be permanent. Take it to a mechanic and get the head gasket replaced.



dont listen to the idiot telling you to junk it, he has no life and goes around on the ford section telling everyone that ford are junk. hes got some issues



you can tell if your water pump isnt working because your car will overheatHow do I know that the water pump is not working on a 96 Ford Escort?UMMM, mechanic in a bottle only helps for a very short amount of time. Your headgasket is blown, again. Aint no bottle going to help you now!



you need to take it to a GD mechanic!!!How do I know that the water pump is not working on a 96 Ford Escort?First of all, do not even bother repairing this vehicle, it is never worth it. When the water pump goes on this vehicle, you need to replace the engine if and only if you allowed this problem to persist. Just junk it and buy a reliable toyota. Ford is counting on you to spend your hard earned money on what will be an over priced repair.How do I know that the water pump is not working on a 96 Ford Escort?well if the water pump was broke there is a little hole under it and there would be anti'freeze leaking out of it. and you can spend hundreds and hundreds fixing this gasket or you can just junk it and finance a car. i've had my share of old fords and trust me their not worth fixing when their that broke