My engine got warm! Cooler broke.

[appe]

My cooler dont keep it´s water...it slowly droppes on the right side of engine (seen from driversplace). It was enough to get rid of the water in coolant and the engine was on max for 2-3 minutes...<P>I did not find evidence of oil in water or water in oil... Is the only way just to believe nothing happened or do anybody know for how long the temperature can be on max without doing damage to engineparts?

[93mx3gs]

That happened to me right after I bought my car. My car maxed out a few times before I got it fixed. Luckily I haven't had a power loss. It was the waterpump. The dealer fixed mine for free. If it is your waterpump, might as well change Timing Belt.

[chance]

its likly your water pump, and it is a b---- to replace, i had to change mine a few mounths ago. i had one of my buddies who's a technition check the book time on the job and it calls for something like 10.2 hours