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motor go bye bye? - ziich - 02-19-2007
92 240sx SE (Andy's old beater) 160k miles
So when the car warms up, the thermo gauge goes all the way up to the H, then settles down soon after. Sometimes this will occur again while driving. Coolant is steadily getting drank up and I have to top off every month and it doesn't get driven that much.
Head gasket done?
Block warped?
SR20?
- ViPER1313 - 02-19-2007
Oil in coolant?
Coolant in oil?
My guess is a sticky thermostat + external coolant leak.
- Mike - 02-19-2007
put some paper towels under your hose connections when you park it. my civic "drank" coolant for a while until i found it was just the hoses leaking when it got really cold.
the temp thing? sounds like thermostat gone bad.
- Andy - 02-19-2007
It's Evan's old beater, dummy.
- Dave - 02-19-2007
sounds like your T-state is on the fritz. Easy fix, takes about an hour and 10 bucks for the thermostat and silicon sealant. Is it blowing white smoke? Are there puddles under the car? Do any of the hoses look wet?
- ziich - 02-20-2007
Andy Wrote:It's Evan's old beater, dummy.yeah yeah same thing. i was thinking about buying your 240 at one point
and i have Jay's old Si. I buy all of MM's old junk.
Dave Wrote:sounds like your T-state is on the fritz. Easy fix, takes about an hour and 10 bucks for the thermostat and silicon sealant. Is it blowing white smoke? Are there puddles under the car? Do any of the hoses look wet?blows white smoke on downshifts. I'll replace the thermostat and see how it goes. Just did an oil change and didn't really notice and coolant in it, but wasn't really looking.
- Dave - 02-20-2007
white smoke is typically a sign of coolant getting into the combustion chambers. Changing a headgasket on that car is probably a weekend job. Hopefully the thermostat will fix the overheating; coolant is cheap, keep on going :-). KA's are pretty cheap too, blow the bitch up and get another. Or become a fanboi and get an SR :-).
- D_Eclipse9916 - 02-20-2007
just throw a KA on and do turbo.
- Dave - 02-20-2007
might as well fab up the piping and such and blow up the old motor testing it out :twisted:
- D_Eclipse9916 - 02-20-2007
^^^ now there is a novel idea.