overheating, I'm stumped. |
overheating, I'm stumped. |
Feb 14, 2007 - 3:46 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined May 12, '06 From Wilmington, NC Currently Offline Reputation: 45 (100%) |
so today, I drive my car home from work. get out of the car and notice a strong coolant smell. I let it cool down for a while, then went out to check it. The radiator was still full with coolant, but the overflow tank was kinda low. so I poured some coolant in (pre-mixed 50/50). anyway, so I go to drive the car again and after a short trip, only a couple miles, I'm hearing this weird whining sound. I glance down and see that the water temp gauge is reading HOT! like, it was all the way into the red! I pull into the closest parking spot and shut off the car. I let it sit for about half an hour and decide to drive it back home. I start the car up, and the temp gauge jumps to 1/2 way. normal. and as I start driving, it starts climbing. it gets to about 3/4 of the way to hot and then very suddenly just drops back down to half. then it stays there the rest of the way home. I pull into my garage, and get to work. I tried my best to track down a leak and decided it appeared to be that the hose that feeds coolant to the throttle body was leaking. so I replaced it. so after a couple hours of work (decided to do some other stuff too since I had everything taken off anyway) I go to drive it again and same thing. the temp gauge reads normal, then it will climb in temperature, then drop back down to normal, then climb again, then normal. anybody have any ideas? thermostat? water pump? malfunctioning sensor and/or gauge?
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Feb 15, 2007 - 9:58 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 8, '07 From Oakland, Ca USA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
soo uhh yea........
Hows the car comin along Nathan?? -------------------- -M-
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Feb 16, 2007 - 8:13 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 9, '06 From Ma Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
QUOTE(Manny @ Feb 15, 2007 - 9:58 PM) [snapback]527292[/snapback] soo uhh yea........ Hows the car comin along Nathan?? Sorry guys. I just didn't want the misinformation up there confusing someone that didn't know..... Yeah, I would recommend an OEM therm as well. For some reason that is a big issue with Toyotas [aftermarket ones that don't fit]. Don't forget the Oring that goes around it. -------------------- |
Feb 16, 2007 - 10:03 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 8, '07 From Oakland, Ca USA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
QUOTE(alltracman78 @ Feb 16, 2007 - 1:13 PM) [snapback]527386[/snapback] QUOTE(Manny @ Feb 15, 2007 - 9:58 PM) [snapback]527292[/snapback] soo uhh yea........ Hows the car comin along Nathan?? Sorry guys. I just didn't want the misinformation up there confusing someone that didn't know..... Yeah, I would recommend an OEM therm as well. For some reason that is a big issue with Toyotas [aftermarket ones that don't fit]. Don't forget the Oring that goes around it. Completely understand...... and I also understand where hatchy was comin from.... 2 people just tryin to help.... Its like trying to get 2 engineers in a room to agree on how to do something.... not gonna happen.... But in this case.. I may not be an expert on toyotas... but I know a little on workin on cars.... and Id have to agree... Hatchy was a little misinformed. -------------------- -M-
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