Engine Cooling problem
1985 Chevy Camaro V8 Two Wheel Drive Automatic
My car overheated when my thermostat gasket started leaking. It wasn't a large leak. I replaced the thermostat gasket and the thermostat. Then a couple of weeks later i noticed a small leak from the gasket again. I added coolant and got it back to my house where it started leaking from the lower hose where it connected to the radiator. I replaced the hose and the gasket again. I only drove it for about 15 minutes before it started to piss fluid everywhere and smoke even came in through my steering column. I pulled over and it was one of my hoses from the heater core had burst and was shooting out fluid (don't know whether it was intake or output). I lost alot of fluid and I don't think it was coming out anywhere else, but there was alot of fluid all over the engine.
I started off thinking the first overheat was due to the slow loss of fluid from the first instance. but after all this I am trying to think of what an underlying cause would be to make the gasket leak in the first place.
1985 Chevy Camaro V8 Two Wheel Drive Automatic
My car overheated when my thermostat gasket started leaking. It wasn't a large leak. I replaced the thermostat gasket and the thermostat. Then a couple of weeks later i noticed a small leak from the gasket again. I added coolant and got it back to my house where it started leaking from the lower hose where it connected to the radiator. I replaced the hose and the gasket again. I only drove it for about 15 minutes before it started to piss fluid everywhere and smoke even came in through my steering column. I pulled over and it was one of my hoses from the heater core had burst and was shooting out fluid (don't know whether it was intake or output). I lost alot of fluid and I don't think it was coming out anywhere else, but there was alot of fluid all over the engine.
I started off thinking the first overheat was due to the slow loss of fluid from the first instance. but after all this I am trying to think of what an underlying cause would be to make the gasket leak in the first place.
Jan 6, 2010 at 4:30 AM