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Pickup's overheating, any suggestions before I take it in?
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I have a 1994 Toyota Pickup. When I was coming up a pretty big hill in 3rd gear my radiator blew up (it was a plastic one.) Got a new radiator installed (aluminum). It worked for a little while, but then it started to overheat again. I took it into my mechanic and he ended up replacing the thermostat. Now it doesn't overheat as long as there's coolent in there (yeah, duh), but the problem is that if I drive for more than an hour, it fills the reservoir then spills out steaming coolent and water from the overflow.
I am not a car person, but I wanted to get some ideas before I take it back into the auto shop.
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The head gasket is blown.
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The blinker fluid is running low.
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I concour.
The head gasket is blown.
Hope the head isn't warped.
Also check to see is the electric cooling fan is switching on.(if it has one instead of the one attached to the water pump)
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Head gasket? Hold on. Check your oil for any radiator fluid in the oil pan first. I'm not sure, maybe you can check via the dip stick. There might be a better way.
It's possible that you keep topping off the radiator and the overflow is full.
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Don't shred so many hot licks on your Fender. Honestly, I thought this was about a guitar...
You'll likely see emulsified oil on the dipstick and oil film floating in the radiator if the two have mixed.
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Def. check the oil for coolant before gettin' crazy.
The radiator in my Saturn has a crack in the plastic, I gotta re-up the water eery few days. I should get around to changing that thing soon.
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The blinker fluid is running low.
That shits expensive mang.
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Originally Posted by Gossamer
The blinker fluid is running low.
Hah. Laughed when I saw this.
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Originally Posted by IceEnclosure
The radiator in my Saturn has a crack in the plastic, I gotta re-up the water eery few days. I should get around to changing that thing soon.
Interesting, I wouldn't have envisioned you as a Saturn driver.
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Interesting, I wouldn't have envisioned you as a Saturn driver.
I think it was a matter of convenience, not choice.
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Odd, I heard he prefers to drive around in Uranus.
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A head gasket can be leaking pressure into the water jacket without coolant or oil being transfered.
The BEST way to test this is to put a pump on the radiator to pressurize it and see if the pressure drops.
Do this with the engine warm so everything will be expanded.
I've seen this too many times and it always leads to the gasket burning away at the point of leakage.
You can NOT tighten down on the head to fix this, the gasket must be replaced if this is the problem.
I used to own a foreign auto repair shop back when I was in my 20's and I'm sure that 1994 Toyota engine is still made of steel and aluminum.
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Originally Posted by Mark Larr
A head gasket can be leaking pressure into the water jacket without coolant or oil being transfered.
The BEST way to test this is to put a pump on the radiator to pressurize it and see if the pressure drops.
Do this with the engine warm so everything will be expanded.
I've seen this too many times and it always leads to the gasket burning away at the point of leakage.
You can NOT tighten down on the head to fix this, the gasket must be replaced if this is the problem.
I used to own a foreign auto repair shop back when I was in my 20's and I'm sure that 1994 Toyota engine is still made of steel and aluminum.
Thanks, guys. It was just serviced and the readiator isn't even a year old. The oil looks normal. I'm going to take it in ASAP. I really hope I haven't damaged/warped anything.
The engine is steel and aluminum. They're workhorses. It's weird when I bring my pickup in because the mechanics like to talk about it and inevitably have a story about a friend who has 300,000+ miles on the original engine.
I'll make sure they change the blinker oil.
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Damn, I hope it's not warped or anything. Looking at prices and a new cylinder head is $300. Only $30 for a new head gasket.
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You'd have oil in the water and a white foamy gunk where the oil used to be if the head was warped.
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Originally Posted by Gossamer
I think it was a matter of convenience, not choice.
This is the story.
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OK, just dropped it off and let them know. Guess I'll see what they find out. Got a shuttle back to work.
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That sucks having to have someone else fix the car.
My dad beat fixing the car into my head.
In fact I try and fix most everything of ours that breaks, when I can.
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Everything I write
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Originally Posted by Sky Captain
That sucks having to have someone else fix the car.
My dad beat fixing the car into my head.
In fact I try and fix most everything of ours that breaks, when I can.
My dad was never around.
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Everything I write
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That's the worst haiku I've ever read.
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I do that too. Especially when I'm drunk.
I seperate them sometimes also, like this.
I find it works well.
I found that I only like fixing cars that I like. I want nothing to do with changing the rad in my Saturn, but I turned every single nut and bolt in my three previous Mustangs.
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That's the worst haiku I've ever read.
As if.
It's poetry!
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Floating asteroid.
Got to buy some school supplies.
You're soaking in it.
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Originally Posted by Dakar²
That's the worst haiku I've ever read.
Maybe it's a ukiah?
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a new head gasket.
your engine will be happy.
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Ice:
Get a honda.
Cheap to run.
Fun to drive.
The Lord loves double wishbone suspension.
Even with less than 100hp.
It's also possible that something or a chunk of something is blocking some major passage in yoru block, thus making the coolant barely move, and overheat. Who knows. Something is definitely funky though. G'luck, keep us updated.
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Originally Posted by Sky Captain
That sucks having to have someone else fix the car.
My dad beat fixing the car into my head.
In fact I try and fix most everything of ours that breaks, when I can.
I was just too cheap to pay someone else to fix my car. Besides, the mechanic most of the time means well, and wants to do a good job, but occasionally he might fix the problem and break something else by accident that I have to find and get fixed in the future.
The only 2 things I haven't fixed on my own is the transmission overhaul, and the engine overhaul. I paid AAMCO to overhaul the transmission once, and they did the following 2 or 3 overhauls for free (lifetime warranty). I paid $1000 for the engine overhaul and had them replace almost everything that I could bring back to PepBoys and swap for new parts (part warranties).
Oh, one time on vacation I did have to pay for a fuel pump replacement. The next 2 times I changed it on my own.
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Originally Posted by Dakar²
That's the worst haiku I've ever read.
Worse than this one?
Originally Posted by centerchannel68
Ice:
Get a honda.
Cheap to run.
Fun to drive.
The Lord loves double wishbone suspension.
Even with less than 100hp.
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Originally Posted by Gossamer
The blinker fluid is running low.
I hope you remembered to have them check that fluid. If you run out of blinker fluid all hell breaks loose.
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Originally Posted by Gossamer
Worse than this one?
I didn't read that one, and refuse, so you get to keep that distinction.
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Best haikus evar: naught (def NSFW, just to warn ya)
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Originally Posted by hickey
I'm pretty sure the mods don't like links to boobies, NSFW warning or not.
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Except I quoted it so it's still there.
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AHH
solution to problem?
Well I could remove the link myself.
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if you would be so kind. I would forever in debt to you.
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Nah, I think I'll leave it.
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Wow. $40 for head gasket, $1500 in labor. I guess I'm screwed. Maybe the high school autoshop will fix it.
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Shop around. Many places that are IN the city pay a lot more for property taxes, and a lot more for wages. A few miles out of town, however, things are drastically differnet. I paid $470 to replace one wheel bearing in my SVX, at a local shop in downtown Madison. I paid $260 to replace the other one, and install two new struts, and cut off all the heatshielding from my exhaust, at a shop about 45 minutes north of Madison.
It's definitely worth checking lots of places, and getting quotes.
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Originally Posted by centerchannel68
The Lord loves double wishbone suspension.
Wait. Wait. Wait. Did he just say "The Lord loves...?" What is happening to Rob?
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Wow. $40 for head gasket, $1500 in labor. I guess I'm screwed. Maybe the high school autoshop will fix it.
If you were in Atlanta, I'd fix it for a beer if you supplied the parts.
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Originally Posted by centerchannel68
is that from the Fastest Indian?
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is that from the Fastest Indian?
Great movie!
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i liked the story...i had a hard time with dialogue at times with Hopkins as he interacted with others. i can't describe what i mean, i don't think. the scenes with any possible conflicts (crate damaged from the container ship, found sleeping in his car, etc) were just difficult to watch. i kept waiting for something more maybe? his words and the responses seemed too "nice and neat".
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Made a new thread because this one has be derailed.
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I will conspire with gossamer on a way to derail that thread.
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