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98E9GT

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Well, im just have the best christmas of a lifetime here, at MY house...alone! I was heading home for christmas last night and my car decided to over heat about 13 miles into the trip. I was tinkering around with the Thermostat just a few days ago. So im thinking maybe its just stuck shut. It looks like it spewed alot of antifreeze out, but i also noticed some coming from the tail pipe. I let it cool down, called friend to bring me some water, so I filled up the resivoir. Drove it a few miles, started to heat up, filled it up again. Then i drove it a few more miles and it started warming up a agian, but this time it was full of coolant in the resivoir. Any ideas? I would to atleast like to go home on saturday!
 

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If there are no leaks check and make sure the fan is running.
 

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you sure it was coolant coming out the tail pipe? the only way it would make it into the exhaust is if you blew a head gasket...
 

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How do i diagnose a bad heater core?
 
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98E9GT said:
How do i diagnose a bad heater core?
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fog on the windshield, coolant dripping on the passengers footwell, coolant puddles under the car.
 
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