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I Think I Overheated My Car Lol

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Old Jul 31, 2003 | 10:21 PM
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so i took the car down the street again when no-one was home because i just had this earge to do so so i drove it in my court down and back twice then i backed it back into the garage and let it idle for a little while it ran real nice at about 750-900 RPMs up and down like it kinda wanted ta die i guess but it sounded fine so i figured maybe its eating up the two bottles of complete fuel system cleaner and a little bit of stable ontop of 93 octane gas so it can only be good for it right... then i heard a itty bitty little beap and didn't know what it was so i shut the car off and sure enough opened the hood and it was smoking... not much but just a little bit so i went and turned the key so that the electrical fan would kick on. the steam (thats what you should really call it) was coming from the passenger side (any ideas?) i do know that it prob. needs all of its fluids flushed and **** but.... oh left out the most important part.... this hole time ... the gauge in the dash DIDNT move.
Old Jul 31, 2003 | 10:30 PM
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Where is the gauge when you turn the acc. on?
Old Jul 31, 2003 | 10:33 PM
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you dumbshit.



Werent you told NOT to drive the car with no exhaust?
Old Jul 31, 2003 | 11:01 PM
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that wouldnt overheat it though lee



jay...what have you been doing to it?



hows the radiator...hoses....thermostat....thermostat cover...rad. cap...coolant lines....wat u using in the radiator to cool it .. fan and shroud
Old Jul 31, 2003 | 11:01 PM
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exactly where was teh steam coming from
Old Jul 31, 2003 | 11:12 PM
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it was running on tw bottles of engine cleaner, some stable, and some 93 octane?



That sounds iffy.
Old Jul 31, 2003 | 11:43 PM
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all he was missing was some lighter fluid and some moonshine
Old Aug 1, 2003 | 11:11 AM
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Old Aug 1, 2003 | 01:05 PM
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um... hoses feel fine cap looks fine i dont know what fluid is in the radiator thats why i said it prob. needs a complete fluid flush and cleaning... there is a couple of things i notice when i turn the key on.... but not start the car the electrical fan doesn't pop on like it used to so i had to pull the egi fuse out and the fan turned right on. so i think that the whole time i was running it the other day that electrical fan never turned on and it overheaded the car and the temp. gauge never moved out of the cold position. i know that the car has some hard core electrical shorts in it also. but other then that the coolant even looked fine but i don't have a hydrometer (i think thats the tool used) to check the coolant. oh and it was two bottles of complete fuel system cleaner (STP) shes druged on the meds.
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