yes denny a red top is a gel battery... and yeah, water pump failed, and i checked, my distributor came loose of the hold down and just spun a lil too advanced.... looks like everything is fine now..... just a buncha things all happened at once, i guess i got an excuse to get a better than stock water pump now... i was gettin scared at first.... now i just gotta get my exhaust re-welded to get rid of all that damn rattling and my car will be happy again.... thanks for the input guys