uuuhhhh wtf?

[norcalE30]

as i was driving home tonight, i noticed my ABS and battery lights were on, i didnt think much of it and kept driving. then i noticed my temp gauge wa pegged, so i pulled over and popped the hood. i felt the top coolant hose, and it was hot and squishy, i felt the lower one, and it was cold, not luke warm, but cold. but since i had no other way home, i drove home anyway. i had about a seven mile drive home, and when i got home, the gauge was still pegged and the heater was still cold. also my idle was really high, like 1100 rpm... what the hell happened? how do i fix it? also, probably unrelated, but i had to play with my headlight switch to get it to work right.

[StrokedSix]

are all your belts still on there?

[norcalE30]

eehhh i hope so :-(

i didnt get a chance to check

[dashboardmonkey]

Sounds like your water pump is not pumping

[a_thomasmr23]

Sounds like your water pump is not pumping

+1 check that belt ( if the alt light is on the abs light will always come on)

[shiftbmw]

Same happened to me when I lost my alt belt...

Generally driving with your temp gauge pegged is a quick way to hurt your motor btw...

[norcalE30]

^^^ yeah it really wasnt a good idea. checked this morning and i shredded my alt belt due to bad bushings in the alt mount... got it all replaced and im good to go, thanks for the help

[Tbolt]

temp gauge pegged = what? when its maxed out in the red?

[lifeiskaos]

yes

[Beach Bum]

I predict verra verra bad news for you verra verra soon... [/nostradamus]

[Kingb]

Same happened to me when I lost my alt belt...

Generally driving with your temp gauge pegged is a quick way to hurt your motor btw...

My radiator was clogged and I pegged out too. Kep driving it day to day but would stop when it was hot. Blew a HG after driving it like that for a week

[norcalE30]

wow that sucks