rolinger
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Hello all.
About 2 months ago my 92 blew the lead hose (exiting the engine) to the radiator. I replaced the hose, added my own coolant mixture (50/50) and afterward the car was running high. Prior to this event the car around 180 regularly, occasionally creeping up to 195. Following this event the car ran over 220. I then went to the shop and had them flush the whole system and refill. The car continues to run very high and has been running around 230 as of late. Today it crept up to 236 on a relatively cool (75 degree) evening. Basically, the car is running 50 degrees hotter than it was before the hose blew and its running at what I think is a dangerously high temp. I constantly drive with one eye on the road and the other on the cars temperature; with one eye on the temp it means I don't have two on the road.
In addition, over the last several weeks, the "add coolant" light keeps coming on when I start the car and stays on for about 5min then it goes off. I have checked the levels continuously and theres plenty of 50/50 fluid in there. It seems the 'add coolant' light comes on when the car is cold - this never happened prior to the hose bursting.
I suspect the thermostat has gone bad. Are both issues related to a bad thermostat? What else need I look at? I am not much of a gear head, and know enough to fix basic things and such, but I want to fix this myself before trying to send to the mechanic.
Thoughts?
Ohh...what is that screw/bolt on the neck of the thermostat housing - I can't find any reference to its purpose and I have never seen that before.
Thanks,
-Russel
About 2 months ago my 92 blew the lead hose (exiting the engine) to the radiator. I replaced the hose, added my own coolant mixture (50/50) and afterward the car was running high. Prior to this event the car around 180 regularly, occasionally creeping up to 195. Following this event the car ran over 220. I then went to the shop and had them flush the whole system and refill. The car continues to run very high and has been running around 230 as of late. Today it crept up to 236 on a relatively cool (75 degree) evening. Basically, the car is running 50 degrees hotter than it was before the hose blew and its running at what I think is a dangerously high temp. I constantly drive with one eye on the road and the other on the cars temperature; with one eye on the temp it means I don't have two on the road.
In addition, over the last several weeks, the "add coolant" light keeps coming on when I start the car and stays on for about 5min then it goes off. I have checked the levels continuously and theres plenty of 50/50 fluid in there. It seems the 'add coolant' light comes on when the car is cold - this never happened prior to the hose bursting.
I suspect the thermostat has gone bad. Are both issues related to a bad thermostat? What else need I look at? I am not much of a gear head, and know enough to fix basic things and such, but I want to fix this myself before trying to send to the mechanic.
Thoughts?
Ohh...what is that screw/bolt on the neck of the thermostat housing - I can't find any reference to its purpose and I have never seen that before.
Thanks,
-Russel