How Hot Is Too Hot (temperature Gauge)?
06-09-2004, 09:17 AM
#13
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Originally Posted by drunkin_idiot' date='Jun 9 2004, 12:08 AM
Damn so is it not normal for my car to usually go above 2/3 and some times a hair higher. Hmm but it is az.
06-09-2004, 09:29 AM
#14
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Location: Fort Worth, Texas
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If your car is consistantly running at 2/3 up even in Phoenix summers or Texas Summers be very careful or you will be tearing your engine down soon.
Happened to me just once. I did not realize I was having a radiator problem, everything was fine. I was in some really hot weather stuck in traffic. Stock gauge reading 2/3 up. I thought I was okay. 2 days later, car in the shop getting oil seals replaced. Apparently it got so hot, never enough to steam or anything like you see when a car is broken down and not even enough to raise the gauge past 2/3, but hot enough to blow the oil seals in the engine. The heat rose throught the block and ruined the EGR valve and some vacuum hoses under the intake manifold. The guys that fixed it said that oil was coming out from between the engine plates. I saw the bad seal and it looked terrible. This did not take more than a day for this to ruin the engine. The engine was very strong before that because it was only 2 months after the original re-build.
Another rebuild and One new radiator later and everything is fine. Reads normal all the time now. The lesson is....you don't have to wait for the gauge to peak at the top for anything to be wrong. It can happen much sooner than that so have your **** checked out and get it in working order. At 2/3 up I thought all was well especially since it was summer time in Texas. Boy was I wrong.
Happened to me just once. I did not realize I was having a radiator problem, everything was fine. I was in some really hot weather stuck in traffic. Stock gauge reading 2/3 up. I thought I was okay. 2 days later, car in the shop getting oil seals replaced. Apparently it got so hot, never enough to steam or anything like you see when a car is broken down and not even enough to raise the gauge past 2/3, but hot enough to blow the oil seals in the engine. The heat rose throught the block and ruined the EGR valve and some vacuum hoses under the intake manifold. The guys that fixed it said that oil was coming out from between the engine plates. I saw the bad seal and it looked terrible. This did not take more than a day for this to ruin the engine. The engine was very strong before that because it was only 2 months after the original re-build.
Another rebuild and One new radiator later and everything is fine. Reads normal all the time now. The lesson is....you don't have to wait for the gauge to peak at the top for anything to be wrong. It can happen much sooner than that so have your **** checked out and get it in working order. At 2/3 up I thought all was well especially since it was summer time in Texas. Boy was I wrong.
06-09-2004, 02:05 PM
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Location: Peoria, AZ
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Wow good news, Not. Man that sux just more **** I have to look foward to, and im completely broke. I have no money whats so ever. I really beginning to think how much longer can i afford to have this car before I sell it. I cant fix anything with no money. 
06-09-2004, 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by drunkin_idiot' date='Jun 9 2004, 02:11 PM
What are some ways I can cool it down besides The fact I know I need a new radiator.
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