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Heres a starting point hopefully that can help:
Car acting normal and driving ok. Pressed a/c button and turned down temp while in a drive-thru. Within under a minute, temp gauge shot over almost instantly, and steam came from under hood. immediately pulled car to the side and shut off. turned on 5 min later, temp gauge in the middle, car acting fine. Drove directly to the first mechanics shop, which luckily was only three lights away. by the third light, temp started to bobble towards the right a bit. didn't hit red. got to the shop, left it with them for the day. they said, need a new radiator. asked if it was drive-able for a couple days, because I had meetings to attend to that could wait (Senior at the Univ. of Miami). He said yes, just add water to the rad. I did so.
Time for new rad to be put in. Had it towed, just to avoid any possible overheating. car started and drove onto flat bad 100% fine.
get a call later saying they put the new rad in, drove it around the block, it overheated again. Was told there is now smoke coming from the exhaust, have yellow goop under oil cap. Told that the engine was done, and I need a new one.
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02-18-2012, 12:57 AM
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