Ok, this is a strange one. Was driving home yesterday in my Mystique. I glance down at the temperature gauge and it was right on the M in normal, a little higher than it normally is (usually right between O and R). Well, I go about a half mile further and the belts start squeeling and theres coolant spraying all over my windsheild. Glance down and the temp gauge is pegged red. So I kill the engine and coast as far as I can. Get out and the coolant was coming from the resivior cap. So I check everything I can think of top radiator hose is cool to the touch (alot cooler than it should have been on an 80 degree day using the AC for half th trip). I figured It's a bad thermostat. Go get parts go back to car have it back on the road in a little more than 2 hours.
I barely get the car up to 65 before the temperature gauge just climbs right up to the L in normal. I shut it down and coast a little closer to home. Well this was my bad, I checked the coolant before I took off and it looked fine but I forgot that once the car runs for a little bit the coolant level will drop a ways as the rest of the sysytem fills. So once I'm stopped again I top it off and head for home. But the cooling system still wasn't acting right.
I get it home, let it sit for an hour and start trying to diagnose what else it could be. The temperature gauge won't climb to the n in normal now but the radiator fans kick on every once in a while. I tried turning on the heater and even after 10 minutes of idling the heater isn't kicking out any warm air. There is a slight noise from the waterpump area but everytime I turn it off and pull a hose there is fresh coolant that comes out. I've pulled the upper radiator hose once and the thermostat hose like 3 times.
So does anybody have any ideas?
Ryan
'99 T-Red SVT, KKM, Borla, 1387 of 2760
'92 T-Red F-150 Flareside 4.9, 5 spd
'94 Geo Prizm, it was cheap
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