johnwc723
12-30-2007, 08:29 PM
This has happened multiple times now to me driving on the highway now:
My car will stall and refuse to start for at least an hour. When I do get it started if it hasn't been like two hours it will eventually die if idling or if I try to actually go forward with it.
The first time it happened I put about half a gallon of radiator fluid in it thinking that might be the problem but then it happened again later.
I replaced the thermostat thinking that might be the problem but I just boiled the old one (OEM w/ about 10k miles on it) to find out that it is still opening like it should.
As far as what I have observed with the engine the upper radiator hose is pretty warm after running for awhile, the bottom one is quite cold and the thermostat housing is too hot to touch for more than a fraction of a second. The top of the radiator is pretty hot (not as hot as the thermostat housing) but if I touch the fins at all I find them to be pretty much air temperature (which is cold because its winter).
I'm stumped to what is wrong with my car if it is overheating, perhaps the water pump? I'm not getting any sort of engine codes and my temperature gauge for the car is broken.
Thanks for the help!
My car will stall and refuse to start for at least an hour. When I do get it started if it hasn't been like two hours it will eventually die if idling or if I try to actually go forward with it.
The first time it happened I put about half a gallon of radiator fluid in it thinking that might be the problem but then it happened again later.
I replaced the thermostat thinking that might be the problem but I just boiled the old one (OEM w/ about 10k miles on it) to find out that it is still opening like it should.
As far as what I have observed with the engine the upper radiator hose is pretty warm after running for awhile, the bottom one is quite cold and the thermostat housing is too hot to touch for more than a fraction of a second. The top of the radiator is pretty hot (not as hot as the thermostat housing) but if I touch the fins at all I find them to be pretty much air temperature (which is cold because its winter).
I'm stumped to what is wrong with my car if it is overheating, perhaps the water pump? I'm not getting any sort of engine codes and my temperature gauge for the car is broken.
Thanks for the help!