factorVIII
01-12-2004, 02:45 PM
:help:
I was cruisin along the streets last month when my car suddenly overheated about 2 miles away from my house and stalling at least twice, But I was able to bring the 3G home. So I replaced the thermostat and the rad. cap and flushing the system. When everything seemed ok, I took the car for a drive again after being bored the entire holiday season thinking all is well. Later on, to my horror, the hood started to smoke. So i popped it open and found out that the recent overheating experience that i had on that one foggy christmasy eve caused the valve cover to leak oil allowing me to inhale fumes as i drove home. So I replaced it and just to be sure, drained the cooling system again. And now after exiting the freeway (drove for 13 miles doin 80 mph) the temp is again rising up so i turned the heater to full blast and hated the day. :gun: I parked the car and I saw steam coming out from the lower passenger side of the hood Im not sure if it's from the reservoir tank. and yeah It was oh so dry so I filled it up with water and pouted some more.
So... any suggestions what to check next? Thanks guys
by the way...Happy New Year!!! :cheers:
I was cruisin along the streets last month when my car suddenly overheated about 2 miles away from my house and stalling at least twice, But I was able to bring the 3G home. So I replaced the thermostat and the rad. cap and flushing the system. When everything seemed ok, I took the car for a drive again after being bored the entire holiday season thinking all is well. Later on, to my horror, the hood started to smoke. So i popped it open and found out that the recent overheating experience that i had on that one foggy christmasy eve caused the valve cover to leak oil allowing me to inhale fumes as i drove home. So I replaced it and just to be sure, drained the cooling system again. And now after exiting the freeway (drove for 13 miles doin 80 mph) the temp is again rising up so i turned the heater to full blast and hated the day. :gun: I parked the car and I saw steam coming out from the lower passenger side of the hood Im not sure if it's from the reservoir tank. and yeah It was oh so dry so I filled it up with water and pouted some more.
So... any suggestions what to check next? Thanks guys
by the way...Happy New Year!!! :cheers: