Hey guys, a couple weeks ago my car was missing around 2500 rpm and I had coolant on top of my timing cover, but it wasn't overheating, unless of course I lost enough coolant. But anyways I changed my intake gaskets. Then I changed the fuel pump, but that's another story. So I got my car running yesterday and when I'm driving it starts over heating reallll bad, it'll go all the way up and stop about one bar before the red, and come down when I come to a stop or slow down, but still stays high. Well I was hoping that after the intake more coolant had to flow through the engine and I just needed more. So I took the cap off let the engine run and added coolant. When it got to the top I noticed it was bubbling a little. So after work I got home and it overheated again so I looked at my engine in the driveway and there was coolant dripping down my water outlet neck from my top rad hose. I thought this was weird because I changed the radiator hose and clamp when I did the gasket. So today I tightened up the hose, and went to check the coolant and it was low again. So I turned the car on and filled it up. When the coolant was at the top, a nice size bubble would come up every two seconds, this is when the engine is completely cold. And when I started it up, it wouldn't stay started I had to hold the gas for 5 minutes or else it turned off, finally got it to run with a little bit of a surge, then evened out. Also when I'm driving and push in the clutch or go in neutral the rpms go down but stop at 1200 and stay there till I stop then go down to about 800.
I did a vacuum check and its at 12 inches on the dot at idle from the fpr vacuum. Because of the fact the car wasn't giving me head gasket problems before the intake install, I think I can rule that out. But if it was the intake gasket wouldn't the car running rough be vacuum related? Is it possible my vacuum is fine at idle but im losing it at higher rpms? Anyone know how many inches I should look for when revving a little? Got a bcam
I have a new water pump and t-stat I could install but I dont think thats my problem, I think my over heating problem is due to the air in the system and I think it was coming out of my top rad hose because it had so much pressure and was trying to escape, correct?
I did a vacuum check and its at 12 inches on the dot at idle from the fpr vacuum. Because of the fact the car wasn't giving me head gasket problems before the intake install, I think I can rule that out. But if it was the intake gasket wouldn't the car running rough be vacuum related? Is it possible my vacuum is fine at idle but im losing it at higher rpms? Anyone know how many inches I should look for when revving a little? Got a bcam
I have a new water pump and t-stat I could install but I dont think thats my problem, I think my over heating problem is due to the air in the system and I think it was coming out of my top rad hose because it had so much pressure and was trying to escape, correct?