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Old Feb 19, 2008
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Coolant leaking and over heating

If anyone has any idea pleeeeease help me and ill love u forever haha.. anyways i seen the temp. gauge was really overheating , checked under hood and there was coolant leaking from the drivers side onto the engine and causing it to smoke. Then i drove just a bit more and then the heater stopped blowing hot air.. and finally i go to hit the brake and the car just kept reving up by it self?! wierdest thing ever.. any help on this matter would be awsome!! Thanks guy
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Re: Coolant leaking and over heating

Stop driving. It's possibly your thermostat died in the closed position. Remove it, put it back together, refill the radiator with water and start the car. If it doesn't leak, go buy a thermostat and a jug or two of antifreeze, drain the radiator, put the new thermostat in, and refill with a proper coolant mix. If it's still leaking you may have blown the head gasket. Any white smoke coming out of the exhaust?
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Re: Coolant leaking and over heating

Filled with water and it leaks still, no white smoke, when it cools down the temp goes down on the gauge but then goes back up when driving for a bit. And also the heater died the same time as the temp gauge went hot?? any more ideas?
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Re: Coolant leaking and over heating

did you change the thermostat?
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Re: Coolant leaking and over heating

ya changed the thermostat as well, still the same thing.. any other suggestions.. the rads fine, but i have no clue about knowing if there is just some busted hoses or what.. think it just could be that and if so how expensive we talkin? thanks guy
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Re: Coolant leaking and over heating

Remove the sensor behind the thermostat, fill it with antifreeze, replace sensor, start car.

I've done 2 head gaskets on mine and I ALWAYS get a pocket of air behind there that keeps the thermostat from opening.
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