Help... my car is overheating

extendor · 12-04-2004, 08:06 AM

Thankyou for the reply. At this stage I can only answer a couple of those.
The car has just had an oil change in the shop. The shop were to do a full service but could not get all the parts so asked me to take her away for the weekend and bring her back next week to finish off. Before that the oil was normal and no milkyness.
The heater worked fine and blew hot air.

I noted the overheating in traffic when stood still. Once it started getting hot it was very quick.
At the time I was at an intersection crossing the bottom of a big hill and the traffic was stopped with me right across the downhill. Suicide city.
Once I could stop safely I lifted the hood and could hear steam hissing through in the radiator cap. There was steam in the expansion bottle. The engine did not smell hot but then again it is not caked in old oil and grime.

I have now had another HG tast done and the shop reports all fine. I have had the water pump removed and checked and this is also fine.

I am hoping that the problem was an air lock that blew the coolant out. Why it never came up on the shop test drive I dont know.

Oh well, what a Supra life he he

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12-04-2004, 08:06 AM	#11
extendor Stock Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Devon UK Posts: 14	Thankyou for the reply. At this stage I can only answer a couple of those. The car has just had an oil change in the shop. The shop were to do a full service but could not get all the parts so asked me to take her away for the weekend and bring her back next week to finish off. Before that the oil was normal and no milkyness. The heater worked fine and blew hot air. I noted the overheating in traffic when stood still. Once it started getting hot it was very quick. At the time I was at an intersection crossing the bottom of a big hill and the traffic was stopped with me right across the downhill. Suicide city. Once I could stop safely I lifted the hood and could hear steam hissing through in the radiator cap. There was steam in the expansion bottle. The engine did not smell hot but then again it is not caked in old oil and grime. I have now had another HG tast done and the shop reports all fine. I have had the water pump removed and checked and this is also fine. I am hoping that the problem was an air lock that blew the coolant out. Why it never came up on the shop test drive I dont know. Oh well, what a Supra life he he