i can picture it if your thread read more like....

"I WAS CARJACKED LAST NIGHT"

"my ast broke in a not so great neighborhood and while not wanting to run it and over heat it, i waited for a tow. while waiting some thugs came at me a basically took my car."



then they wouldve replied, "why didnt you drive it, slowly, to a better, lighted area?"

 

No, sorry. It's just a figure that sits in my head from reading here and at that other forum. But I'm pretty confident in it. IIRC, that was the temp that some builders agreed could start to cause the stock coolant seals to break down and shorten their life.

FWIW, this is definitely a more relaxed forum. Guys tend to have a good sense of humor and I enjoy it alot. But like it or hate it, the other forum is a great source of info.

 

now, like others have said the stock fans don't even come on until 221F...and if your POS aftermarket gauge was reading 230F and your stock gauge was over the H mark...I think your POS aftermarket gauge is in fact a piece of ****. Maybe by dumb luck your motor is okay, and I hope that it is...but don't sugar coat the story over here



ps.



I hate liars

 

I didn't realize the motor was still in danger. I had let the car sit for a while after capping off the lines n' such, and temps looked good, so it SEEMED as though the car was going to be fine, for now.



I saw the STI, and yeah, my immaturity got the best of me, and I raced him. It was after that, I had pulled over, because the temp did reach 230F. I am like "****, I'm an idiot." and I pulled over. I fixed a small leak in the radiator coolant line that was releasing steam, and let her cool down, THEN babied her to the gas station, realizing my mistake....etc etc...



I explained the story in a retarded fashion on RX7club, and yeah, racing the STI in itself was retarded. I'm grateful that the motor seems to be allright, and yeah, I learned a valueable lesson.

 

how do you 'fix' a pinhole leak in a radiator hose on the side of the road?

 

scotchtape, DUHHHH

 

Earlier in the night when I had to work with the vacuum lines comin' off the boost actuator, to finish the "Poor Man's Non-Sequential" setup, as to rid myself of my overboosting problem, I had disconnected that thick radiator line for easier access to the vacuum lines n' such.



Aparently the clamp wasn't clamped down where the previous indentions were, so during that part of the night, steam was seaping out from that area. Quick adjustment with some needle nose pliars, and the leak stopped. That was that. No hole or anything.



Scotch tape was my next guess, though. :P

 

everyone makes a mistake! it happens!



as long as it runs fine who cares

 

me too. gunned it even on the autobahn with loose rad cap (my dad's fault!!) in 2002.

stock(!) needle right before H. and still strong after 10k kilometers.

"the club" is the No.1 choice when it comes to transforming car enthusiasts to total paranoids

 

Well said.