My car runs hot at idle and cools down when driving, problem?
- Thread starter BrothaZay
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Engine shakes a little when A/C is on at stand still but not bad. STops shaking when A/C is turned off. ENgine light is on when I put the car in ACC(light orange) but isnt on when im driving
PhillyBirds215
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@BrothaZay
take it up to a shop and have them test your waterpump and run a hydro carbon test (will find if any leaks are in head gasket)
take it up to a shop and have them test your waterpump and run a hydro carbon test (will find if any leaks are in head gasket)
Also when im idle the car blows hot air, when i drive it blows cold air
cracks in your radiator (minor shyt) unlike a head gasket (very costly)... Look and see if your fans (located in the front of your engine near the grill) are spinning. If not thats half of the problem. The other half is the radiator leaking due to the constant over heating.
hoodheronova
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might be your gasket. If so you might have to replace your engine. Good luck
Might be your auxiliary fan
u wanna know if its your head gasket breh? when its cold check the oil. If you have bubbles on your stick like water and oil mixed then your head gasket is fukked but I doubt it at this point.
PhillyBirds215
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definitely what it is, the thing is the other shyt (crack in radiator, fan not working) is easy to diagnose, shop has to diagnose further and it's almost never a thermostat, thats a stop gap solution.
really, just this?Its what Im talking about breh trust me.... If you park your car while running and its leaking anti freeze (the Green fluid) you have cracks too.... Put your car in park while running I bet you have fluid everywhere and your car will be overheating. Watch
Just read up on gasket, i hope its not that. TOo expensive but I dont really have all the sysmptons of a bad gasket besides car overheating. Ima just change the thermostat since i already bought it and do the cooling fan myself or with a extra buddy i know. since it looks easy
Yeah and a blown headgasket will have you look like you're trying to escape the cops with a smoke screen too
Lol yea If thats your make and model basically
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everything looks black when its leaking on concrete so this isnt really helpful.
Any other way I can find out?
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everything looks black when its leaking on concrete so this isnt really helpful.
Any other way I can find out?
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