HELP!!!!!!!!, one of those overheating problems Options

[Theshanon]

Sorry guys i tried to search but nothing came up!!

ANYWAYS, so my car is infact over heating.

First week i noticed this- K!!! so about a week ago my temp gauge started acting up....it would rise..then when i turn my heater on it would drop. Couple days later my heater would no longer work, so i checked my coolant and barley had anything left so i topped it up. Everything seemed fine for a bit, then a day or two after my temp gauge reach above 'H' and i pulled over and it sounded like my head was boiling a nice pot of soup. I waited a bit and quickly released the rad cap. It steemed for a bit (obviously) and i toped it off with coolant and it ran fine for a day or two. So today on my way to work i ended on heading back home on a flat bed. My temp gauge stayed at above 'H', no warm air....i topped it of with coolant, and i donno where it goes :| its hard for me to tell if theres a leak...and i hope its not my head gasket?

[alltracman78]

well i removed the old thermostat and tested it....it was faulty...so i bought a new one replaced it, ran it and its not over heating but had it running for 30 minutes and the fan hasn't come on :| so i'm gonna take it to a shop and check and see.....theres no fuse for the fans....i tried to look, only relays and they cost 40$ :|

hhhhmmmm thermostat sounds kinda something like something I said... interesting. I might not know everything but I'm not an idiot.

Congratulations, you got the right answer with a totally incorrect method.
What do you think would have happened if she used your way and it wasn't the therm?
And what about next time, when it's not the therm?
There's going to be a lot of wasted money on thermostats....

And for the record I neither said nor insinuated that you were an idiot, so please don't put words in my mouth.

Not knowing something doesn't make you an idiot. No one knows everything, and there's always more to learn.
Instead of getting worked up because I pointed out that you gave the incorrect advice, learn from it.
I've been wrong before, and had it pointed out. Instead of being mad, I took the time to understand WHY I was wrong, and didn't make that mistake again.

Shanon, glad to see you got it solved.

This post has been edited by alltracman78: Mar 1, 2008 - 1:13 PM