Overheating. HELP!
Overheating. HELP! Just looking for some input guys, but here's the situation.
The other day on the way to work I stopped at a gas station for a drink. When I was leaving, all of the sudden my temp guage starts climbing rapidly. I was only a block from work, so I made it w/o the temp guage spiking (it was between 230-250 while cruising). My initial guess was fans.
Checked the fuse, it was ok. Checked the relays, I wasn't too sure so I replaced all 3 of them since I had an autozone in the parking lot where I work. When I left work that night everything was all good.
Drove the car yesterday, no issues whatsoever, the guage was @ 210 like it always is.
Today, I go to run some errands & notice the same problem I had the other day. I stop the car in a parking lot & run into the store to get some distilled water. I pull the resevoir cap and notice that the coolant is BARELY on the stick and what was on the stick was pretty gunked up. I added about half a gallon of distilled water and started the car up. The temp guage was now hovering back & forth between 210-230.
I get on the freeway to go home & the temp gauge is pegged @ 210. As I pull in my driveway, the needle starts climbing again.
So my next guess is t-stat (had a 160* one put on about 15K miles ago).
Anyone else have any suggestions before I go pulling **** off the car?
Thank you in advance.
The other day on the way to work I stopped at a gas station for a drink. When I was leaving, all of the sudden my temp guage starts climbing rapidly. I was only a block from work, so I made it w/o the temp guage spiking (it was between 230-250 while cruising). My initial guess was fans.
Checked the fuse, it was ok. Checked the relays, I wasn't too sure so I replaced all 3 of them since I had an autozone in the parking lot where I work. When I left work that night everything was all good.
Drove the car yesterday, no issues whatsoever, the guage was @ 210 like it always is.
Today, I go to run some errands & notice the same problem I had the other day. I stop the car in a parking lot & run into the store to get some distilled water. I pull the resevoir cap and notice that the coolant is BARELY on the stick and what was on the stick was pretty gunked up. I added about half a gallon of distilled water and started the car up. The temp guage was now hovering back & forth between 210-230.
I get on the freeway to go home & the temp gauge is pegged @ 210. As I pull in my driveway, the needle starts climbing again.
So my next guess is t-stat (had a 160* one put on about 15K miles ago).
Anyone else have any suggestions before I go pulling **** off the car?
Thank you in advance.
Larry how do you sign up for that AZ muscle car assoc.? I'm moving to Phoenix in about 2-3 weeks...
I go to register but when it asks me to type in the code in the box there's a big :redx:... think you could pass the word along to one of the mods over there for me?
I go to register but when it asks me to type in the code in the box there's a big :redx:... think you could pass the word along to one of the mods over there for me?
Originally Posted by West
Larry how do you sign up for that AZ muscle car assoc.? I'm moving to Phoenix in about 2-3 weeks...
I go to register but when it asks me to type in the code in the box there's a big :redx:... think you could pass the word along to one of the mods over there for me?
I go to register but when it asks me to type in the code in the box there's a big :redx:... think you could pass the word along to one of the mods over there for me?
there's nothing to read... 
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Originally Posted by Soul TKR
Larry how do you sign up for that AZ muscle car assoc.? I'm moving to Phoenix in about 2-3 weeks...
I go to register but when it asks me to type in the code in the box there's a big :redx:... think you could pass the word along to one of the mods over there for me?
I go to register but when it asks me to type in the code in the box there's a big :redx:... think you could pass the word along to one of the mods over there for me?
Not a whole lot going on on that site, I'm the owner of it though & I'll have my admin definitely look @ it for you!
Originally Posted by tripps
I had that problem last summer, ended up being a T-STAT. Hope you get it fixed.
I reprogrammed my fans to see if that may be the issue, but I think you're right, its going to end up being the t-stat.