over heating

[mk_ 10+ year member]

Burning coolant was suggested merely in the case of blown head gasket. You are correct, under normal circumstances coolant wont burn or ever reach the combustion chamber. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Ferendon 10+ year member]

Coolant won't burn... Even when it does make it to the combustion chamber... Blown head gasket or not.

 

[sqhertz 5,000+ posts]

i havnt checked this thread in a while, but thanks for all the suggestions/help.

im not sure about the fail safe thermostat but when it does heat up , its only to the 3/4 point. at about 4/5 or so the check gauges light will come on and it hasnt done that since i started this thread. only when i jump on it will it get that hot.

other than that it runs fine. havnt had any other problems.

as far as changing coolant , do i need to get it flushed like they do with transmissions or just empty and refill? i think ill get around to doing that today since its my day off.

 

[mk_ 10+ year member]

Coolant won't burn... Even when it does make it to the combustion chamber... Blown head gasket or not.

I dunno man i read that statement a few times and haven't come up with a conclusion. You are the first to ever tell me that coolant doesn't burn. I know coolant has a lifted boiling point, but if combustion temps reach say 1600º F and said coolant is entering that flame front i would imagine it getting burned, it getting pushed out the exhaust valve(s) and it venting a white cloud of sweet smelling smoke(steam?) to the atmosphere.

Not flaming you at all, would just like to know your side of this!

Sorry for hijacking thread

 

[Ignatowski 5,000+ posts]

pull the spark plugs and crank the motor over........is she spits water out of a spark plug hole

you have a blown head gasket

 

[sqhertz 5,000+ posts]

Maybe you should walk or bike if it's only 2.5 miles away ...

... i live in miami, no thanks.

well im going to flush teh radiator today since its nice and cool out (~75).

fluid , cap , thermostat/gasket...anything else i would need?

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

water

 

[sqhertz 5,000+ posts]

i got the premixed stuff. im not good at measuring.

just waiting for the engine to cool before i begin.

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

well how do you expect to flush it then?

edit- and why pay more for half the amount of coolant?

 

[sqhertz 5,000+ posts]

err. teh water hose?

i was thinking you meant un-mixed coolant. they had that but like i said , im not good at measuring.

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

half and half bro, it doesnt have to be an EXACT measurement

 

[sqhertz 5,000+ posts]

i know , the differance in price was minimal, so i just went with the premixed.

im just hoping this will solve the problem.

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

did you look for leaks yet? Yea its a good idea to get out the dirty coolant. It may be leaking down so far that there isnt enough, but you just have to check things out. Good luck

 

[sqhertz 5,000+ posts]

havnt checked for leaks yet. i will do that once i get it filled up with fresh coolant.

still waiting on the engine to cool more.

 

[sqhertz 5,000+ posts]

done.

the old thermostat looked like shit. put the new in and let it run for ~15 minutes. didnt get hot at all. but when i went to check the level of the coolant , it was low. filled it again , let it run for a minute and checked, coolant dropped. a friend came by and helped me look around for a leak and we couldnt find anything. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

after i clean up ill take it on a ride and see how she does.