EGTURBO_again

sorry for makin this thread. but my car is over heating for some reason.

been boosting for a good 7-8 months all of a sudden it started overheating last night.

i can hear bubbles from my resevoir tank. plz help.

is it fan, waterpump, headgasket? thanks for any help that is provided. i really need my car.

EGTURBO_again

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EGTURBO_again &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">sorry for makin this thread. but my car is over heating for some reason.

been boosting for a good 7-8 months all of a sudden it started overheating last night.

i can hear bubbles from my resevoir tank. plz help.

is it fan, waterpump, headgasket? thanks for any help that is provided. i really need my car.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Lmgrcivic

check your thermostat and the radiator cap, bleed the system to make sure you didnt get any air some how then the water pump make sure the radiator doesnt have a leak in it. If none of that fixes it then I would say that your head gasket is blown. good luck with that

EGTURBO_again

kewl.. ill try something tomorrow. what about the fan.. i did notice it didnt turn on when it was overheating..

ownedbyvtec

thats prob. why it overheated. same thing happned to my car my fans didnt come on and i busted my radiator. Hopefully not to much damage was done to the motor. Goodluck

EGTURBO_again

driving w/ my heater on full blast helped out alot.. was ur overflow tank bubbling also?

ownedbyvtec

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no my car didnt overheat, i smelled to antifrezee at the light and pulled over before it began to overheat. So i got pretty lucky.

EGTURBO_again

yeah my car overheated for a long time. i had no choice but to drive it. it was 3 am and had to take my gf home.

EGTURBO_again

ok my bottom radiator hose stays cold. what does this mean?

b16adx

thermostat not opening then...that would be one problem but your fan not comming on is a prob as well

EGTURBO_again

so my therm. is no good? imma check to see if the fan turns on w/ a battery.

G-Phi

You know what? I had somewhat the same problem. My Greddy turbo timer wasn't hooked up correctly at first. My car was overheating majorly when the key was pulled from the ingition.

What happened was that my fan wasn't turning on, which caused my thermostat temperature to go up. I had antifreeze everywhere inside my engine and all over the ground. I looked inside the plastic white container where you put the antifreeze and it was blowing bubbles.

I would say that if you have a turbo timer or even not, then just check to make sure that your fan is coming on. It is very important!

If you have a turbo timer, what I did was popped my hood and left my car on. I wateched and waited until the fan came on. As soon as it came on I took out the key and looked to see if the fan was still on. If it's still on, then it's working. If not, then it's not.

Maybe this will be of some help.

EGTURBO_again

yeah i think its the therm. cuz when i checked my fan w/ a battery it turned on imma try to replace the therm today. just bought a new one. wish me luck boys.

oh and my fan turns on when my turbo timer is going also i think my therm just took a dump thats all. well i hope thats all

EGTURBO_again

just letting u guyz know that it was my therm.. it was all melted and ****.. thanks for all ur guyz help. and i was just wondering if i should bleed the coolant?

anyone elses eg temp. guage always stay at half way? mine does. sucks

SOHC_MShue

glad to hear it wasn't a headgasket. Thats usually the first thought in my head when somebody sais overheating and turbo