Driving down the highway, I noticed the temperature of my car is running pretty hot. I pulled off to the side of the road and looked at the reservoir and it was empty of fluid. I quickly put fluid into the container and continued to drive. However, I noticed that the car was STILL running hot. So, I set up a date to get the car repaired. While the day approached, I constantly check the radiator fluid levels, but the fluid levels were staying pretty consistent. I go over to my friends, open the housing of the thermostat and notice that the thermostat is in a couple of pieces. We remove the thermostat (I am pretty sure we got all the pieces), and put a in a new thermostat.
At this point, the car is STILL running hot. So we think that the thermostat may be bad. We open the housing again, but then notice that there is very little fluid in the area. We remove the thermostat completely, and put the housing back together, run the car for a little bit and then check to see if any fluid is moving through the system by disconnecting the upper hose. All that the house had was a lot of air under high pressure.
At this point, I notice that the reservoir fluid level is *slighty* lower then when I filled it. (But the temperature has been very different when I was checking it) At this point, I believe that it is the water pump is broken for two reasons:
-> Faulty water pumps have a leaky weep hole
(My friend is unsure how much fluid is actually coming out if any)
-> It makes a light squeaking sound
(I may be thinking that I am hearing it)
However, the water pump is VERY difficult to replace and it looks new (bought this car from a family member a couple years). Right now, I am looking for any other alternatives before I resort to this. Ideas?
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 AT 8:22 PM
