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Old 07-04-2004, 02:53 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Car overheated today... :(

Driving normal around town... Car temp went all the way to the last bar. What should I check ? I already checked coolant. Someone said it could be the headgasket. HELP!
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Water Pump more than likley if its bad or leaking it should make a very quiet ticking sound, your coolent lvl and or water resivior should be getting lower as its pretty much burning it up and ya may have a slight white smoke which can usually be seen at night with the head lighst on

Dont drive the car around too much if it is overheating but if u must turn your heater on put it at full hot and bl;ast it that takes heat fronm the engine and circulates it to the cabin and should lower your engine temp. That is what i did when my pump went bad
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Water Pump more than likley if its bad or leaking it should make a very quiet ticking sound, your coolent lvl and or water resivior should be getting lower as its pretty much burning it up and ya may have a slight white smoke which can usually be seen at night with the head lighst on

Dont drive the car around too much if it is overheating but if u must turn your heater on put it at full hot and bl;ast it that takes heat fronm the engine and circulates it to the cabin and should lower your engine temp. That is what i did when my pump went bad
I just had my timing belt and water pump changed 3 weeks ago.... About the white smoke...I actually saw that . What should I do ?
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white smoke is usally a blown head gasket
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Old 07-05-2004, 03:42 PM   #5 (permalink)
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white smoke is usally a blown head gasket
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Old 07-05-2004, 03:59 PM   #6 (permalink)
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My car overheated in the same driving conditions. It was my thermostat. It was stuck. So I just pulled the thermostat out and everything is normal now.

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Oops what I meant by white smoke was actually brown/black sorry for the confusion.
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Well brown or black smoke is usually fuel isn't it? If you smell sort of a syrup smell it is coolant. I was overheating due to a small hole in a small hose. You need to check all of you hoses. If it were to blow alot of white smoke then you would know that was your head gasket for sure.
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OK found the problem.. Clogged radiator.
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good thing its only the radiator, but how did your radiator get clogged up?

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I'm glad you solved the problem. Check out my overheating story , it took me much longer time to solve it
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Haven't seen you in a while.
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good thing its only the radiator, but how did your radiator get clogged up?
I have no idea !
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