Help Please!

frostburn · 08-10-2006, 09:21 PM

ok.... my car leaks massive anitfreeze and i dont know where from last night the "bird cage" light came on so i filled the overflow can 3/4 full ... i went out to start my car today and it wasnt going to start over but it ended up going... and as i drove away i noticed a puddle... so i pulled over and looked in the can ... everything seemed find little less then i put in but figured it just went tot he tranny... but then ... i drove around today for about... 30-45 mins and came home... checked my bottle... there was fluid leaked under the overflow can and i opened it and it was filled the the brim... was no signs of oil atall... also... when i started driving today my rpm's would shoot up to 5-5 1/2 until i stopped at the light and then it drove at its normal 2-2 1/2 i drive a 89 auto turbo... and i have 1 last question... why does my car shift at 3-3 1/2 when im giving it full throttle... is it suppost to? ... seems kinda low dont it? considering the redline is 6 1/2?....please help

Bill UK · 08-10-2006, 10:05 PM

Replace the rad cap first; if the expansion bottle still over flows post another message on the forum, can you hear a gurgling noise from behind the dash when you first start up?

08-10-2006, 09:21 PM	#1
frostburn 3" Exhaust Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: ontario CA Posts: 128	Help Please! ok.... my car leaks massive anitfreeze and i dont know where from last night the "bird cage" light came on so i filled the overflow can 3/4 full ... i went out to start my car today and it wasnt going to start over but it ended up going... and as i drove away i noticed a puddle... so i pulled over and looked in the can ... everything seemed find little less then i put in but figured it just went tot he tranny... but then ... i drove around today for about... 30-45 mins and came home... checked my bottle... there was fluid leaked under the overflow can and i opened it and it was filled the the brim... was no signs of oil atall... also... when i started driving today my rpm's would shoot up to 5-5 1/2 until i stopped at the light and then it drove at its normal 2-2 1/2 i drive a 89 auto turbo... and i have 1 last question... why does my car shift at 3-3 1/2 when im giving it full throttle... is it suppost to? ... seems kinda low dont it? considering the redline is 6 1/2?....please help

08-10-2006, 10:05 PM	#2
Bill UK AEM EMS Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: UK Posts: 891	Replace the rad cap first; if the expansion bottle still over flows post another message on the forum, can you hear a gurgling noise from behind the dash when you first start up?