awesome... car overheats in -1deg F weather (UPDATED)

[OreoGaborio]

:roll: fuckin A.... i'm drivin home earlier tonight freezin my friggin ass off... finally the car gets up to temp & i got the heater on... i see my temp slightly above normal & think "hmm.... we'll see where this goes". keep on truckin w/ the heat cranked....

creeeepin up... up... up... up.... gets just below the red... almost home, keep goin... fuck it. pull over, kill the engine & pop the hood.... awesome... coolant's super low - as in the overflow tank is almost completely dry...

i sit there a while, freezin my fuckin ass off, waiting for the water temp to cool down. gets almost to the 1/2 way mark, i start it up & turn on the heat...... ice cold. not warm, not warmer than outside.... ice cold (well, colder since it's 0 deg F out :roll: )

shut it down & wait some more... fuck it, i'm almost home... start er up, crank the heat, still nothin, take off as i watch my temp slooowwwly creep back up towards the red. kill the engine doing 60 down the highway... turn it back on as i'm rollin, limp home, shut er down & see steam comin out from engine bay... fuck... pushed it too far

pop the hood, see coolant on the firewall, curse, close the hood, go inside & warm the fuck up

well, good thing i have the day off tomorrow.... this will be fun :roll:

[325 eta]

get a new t-stat. sorry man that sucks

[OreoGaborio]

get a new t-stat. sorry man that sucks

could be my problem.... but i just replaced it 6 months ago :?

[Spaz]

shit man...thermostat for sure...let me know hows this goes

-sorry about the news.

[OreoGaborio]

i actually don't think it's the t-stat cuz it didn't rocket up quick... it was as low creeping & i was on the highway doin 80 at the time

although the t-stat is easy enough to check, especially w/o any friggin coolant to spill out :roll: just three little bolts & there it is... i'll eat some breakfast, throw on 30 layers of cloths & check it out in a little bit

[Digitalwave]

Dude, the engine isn't going to rocket up when its 0 degrees out :)

[OreoGaborio]

true.... but i woulda thought it would get up a little quicker than it did.... i dunno, whatever... gonna check it anyway

oh... and it's in the single digits outside right now :evil: :evil: :evil: time to bundle up :?

[OreoGaborio]

excelent... i just opened up my t-stat housing & made a wonderful discovery :roll:

my coolant (what's left of it) is frozen :?

[randomtask37]

time to work on your water/coolant mixture. ;)

good luck man

[OreoGaborio]

GAHD DAMN IT'S COLD....

well, my t-stat looks intact... so i don't really know what happened since my coolant light didn't go on untill i was pulling in my driveway 15-20 minutes after it started overheating :?

from the looks of the engine bay it looked like the coolant that escaped just came out of the expansion tank or something.. i can't really tell w/o a better inspection... i dunno

i really do'nt know what to do other than fill up the cooling system, start it up & see what happens :?:

[OreoGaborio]

GOOD NEWS! ... headlight is replaced, oil's topped off, coolant's topped off, t-stat works, heat works, PHEW!!! & she runs fine :up: :up:

and i'm back inside, STILL wearing fleece pants, jeans, two pairs of socks, a long sleeve t-shirt, hooded sweatshirt, winter beanie & ski jacket 8)

[SickE30]

You're a brave man Pete, it's 32* here with a little bit of ice and our town is closed.

[OreoGaborio]

no kiddin man... i checked weather.com earlier.... 11 degrees, feels like -4 & i'm outside working on my car w/ no gloves on :roll: at least i can feel my fingers now & my car is ok :up:

[SickE30]

Congrats man, balls of steel dude. :bow:

[OOMPH!]

nice work, I'm glad to hear it wasn't anything serious.