Overheated, Well Sort Of...
03-27-2005, 08:18 PM
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I am hoping I got lucky, here's the deal, sitting at a light, notice the temp guage is at about half, which is not normal, I proceed to the nearest pull off area and it's just a hair above half, holy ****, I got steam rolling out of the hood, I am in a panick figuring I fucked a brand new motor, pop the hood start dumping water on the motor, notice the steam is coming from the upper radiator cap WTF?
Somehow the upper cap got cracked loose, no clue what happened there, tighten it down and the temp guage was already down, strange thing is it went down the minute I shut it off.
I'm hoping it didn't do any damage, still runs great, but was not fun. I'm guessing since it didn't really reach the boiling point it will be ok.
Somehow the upper cap got cracked loose, no clue what happened there, tighten it down and the temp guage was already down, strange thing is it went down the minute I shut it off.
I'm hoping it didn't do any damage, still runs great, but was not fun. I'm guessing since it didn't really reach the boiling point it will be ok.
03-27-2005, 08:43 PM
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my mercedes did something like that, i added coolant (it leaks), and rechecked it the next day. i opened the hood and the cap was gone, so i ordered a new one, open the hood the next day cap falls out from the hood somewhere 
its a good thing the cap on that car only keeps the coolant from falling out and not the car overheating
its a good thing the cap on that car only keeps the coolant from falling out and not the car overheating
03-27-2005, 08:51 PM
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yea i dont think it really overheated, I am not sure, like I say still runs great, the worst case was the temp guage got to under 3/4 assuming the cap had been on there wouldnt have been any steam.
It still runs great so I am hoping to hell I am ok
It still runs great so I am hoping to hell I am ok
03-28-2005, 06:48 AM
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[quote name='vosko' date='Mar 27 2005, 10:23 PM']my old ito built FD motor was overheated NUMEROUS times and was fine.....if it runs the same its fine
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Same here, my current engine temp gauge went all the way up a couple of times before I figured out what was going on with the cooling system; still running without a problem.
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Same here, my current engine temp gauge went all the way up a couple of times before I figured out what was going on with the cooling system; still running without a problem.
