hey guys, ive been having such bad luck recently with my car. within the last 2 weeks i got a fix it ticket, someone hit me, just a fender bender but 1000 dollars in damages regardless. couldnt pass smog, and to top it all off as im exiting the freeway to get to driftmotion my car shuts off on me and i notie the temperature gage is 80% up (hasnt hit the red yet). so i pull over and pop the hood, the fluid reservoir is shaking violently, all the hoses are burning hot. i let it sit for a little bit and coolant/water starts leaking out of the reservoir slowly. let it sit for a bit more, drive it over to aarons open the hood again and when i open up the resevoir it is 90% full with a dirty murky water. i open the radiator when it cools, and theres some brown sludge near the opening. at this point i was almost sure i blew my headgasket.. (its not a MHG, didnt have to rebuild the engine yet) so i wait for carlos to get in to take a look at it. They do a block test and miraculously he said it wasnt a BHG. i was so relieved. but what what explains the brownish murky water and the over heating? we couldnt find any bad hoses, (visual inspection didnt really look through everything). so anyways after that the car wasnt over heating anymore, i took it over to Aaron's smog guy, sam over at arrow smog (who is the best smog guy i have ever encountered, explained everything to me, took his time, and got me to pass smog. (the other guys told me i needed a new cat and i wouldnt pass smog blah blah blah. anyways he told me i had an exhaust leak, (exhaust manifold leak) which i guess is a bitch to get to on our cars, i was told over 4 hours in labor. and someone bypassed my EGR solenoid. so i just gotta get that fixed. (anyone have input on the exhaust leak?) anyways, sam said a reason i might have over heated the way i did is because i had the AC on, on a hot summer day in southern california, and iw as driving up a pretty big hill on the 10east (off kellog where CPP is) cuz thats happened to him before, so he suggested i just dont use the ac anymore to avoid over heating. so i drove home after (about 80 miles) and it was fine. no more over heating..
Anyone have some input on m¥ over heating problems?!
** i forgot to mention after i let her cool down and tried to drive over to aarons, the car would start up to 1k RPM and in about a second or two just die on me. i did this three times and finally just revved it right when it started up to 3k and it stayed on. this happaned again today , took me 3 tries.
thanks
john
Anyone have some input on m¥ over heating problems?!
** i forgot to mention after i let her cool down and tried to drive over to aarons, the car would start up to 1k RPM and in about a second or two just die on me. i did this three times and finally just revved it right when it started up to 3k and it stayed on. this happaned again today , took me 3 tries.
thanks
john