still overheating and being weird (Page 5/16)
Yellow-88 JUL 09, 03:42 PM

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Originally posted by cartercarbaficionado:

I only have 2 fieros. those were and are still the projects. the others are 2 93 s10 blazers, a 2007 ford focus and a 99 f250 I forgot I had because it's been sitting in the woods waiting for a mechanic who never showed up.
anyways the rest were daily drivers until about a month or 2 ago when both s10s had brake, transmission and engine issues so they are parked until I can get those repaired, focus wore through a brand new tire in 5 miles of normal driving somehow and decided to break every lug stud for 2 weeks straight and I just gave up and drove the 88




You forgot you had a truck parked in the woods?
So .... you wore through a new tire in 5 miles of normal driving? Please define "normal driving".
Broke every lug stud for 2 weeks straight? ( ??? !!! )
cartercarbaficionado JUL 09, 05:50 PM

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Originally posted by Yellow-88:
You forgot you had a truck parked in the woods?
So .... you wore through a new tire in 5 miles of normal driving? Please define "normal driving".
Broke every lug stud for 2 weeks straight? ( ??? !!! )




it broke after a month or so and by broke I mean had a issue stalling out with 0 warning and could not be restarted unless you kicked the dash. no it was not the key it's something in the ecu
yep the alignment decided to wear a tire like that in 5 miles of going the speed limit and generally driving nice. the lug studs were a symptom of another issue it was having. namely cheap Chinese shitty lug studs that were replaced with not parts store ones and the issue magically went away
cartercarbaficionado JUL 10, 03:05 AM
boiled over on the way home from work. 🙁. was completely fine and started being a little goofy with the temp gauge climbing and it completely boiled over... shut itself off and everything so I hope it didn't hurt anything
cartercarbaficionado JUL 10, 06:32 AM
got 23 miles home by removing the thermostat and refilling it with water. no idea how it lost over a gallon but it wasn't burning it. once I got it home I checked the rad hoses and they are both about the same temp by feel. as in burns your hand in exactly 5 seconds for both so probably not even a 10 degree difference with the rad fan and pump running so I'm not getting a good enough drop across the rad anymore
82-T/A [At Work] JUL 10, 07:07 AM

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Originally posted by cartercarbaficionado:

boiled over on the way home from work. 🙁. was completely fine and started being a little goofy with the temp gauge climbing and it completely boiled over... shut itself off and everything so I hope it didn't hurt anything




Man, that sucks... I hope you can get it figured out. I was in the same situation many years ago... had a bunch of cars, all of them in varying states of needing something. Best thing to do is to get rid of all of them except the one you absolutely want to keep (or keep the other as a parts car), and then buy something cheap and economical that doesn't need anything. Rely on the one that drives (like a Ford Focus or whatever) to get you back and forth to work, and then you can focus all your energy on the broken car and solving those challenges.
cartercarbaficionado JUL 10, 02:32 PM

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Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]:
Man, that sucks... I hope you can get it figured out. I was in the same situation many years ago... had a bunch of cars, all of them in varying states of needing something. Best thing to do is to get rid of all of them except the one you absolutely want to keep (or keep the other as a parts car), and then buy something cheap and economical that doesn't need anything. Rely on the one that drives (like a Ford Focus or whatever) to get you back and forth to work, and then you can focus all your energy on the broken car and solving those challenges.


see that's the thing. since I have space I'm keeping them since at this point they are worth more to keep then go actually sell. also everything but the truck was drivable until recently when everything went wrong. figuring out the fiero currently since I'm still waiting on suspension parts for the focus.
any idea why im having an inadequate drop in temp across the rad? I was thinking clogged fins but I'm less and less sure
longjonsilver JUL 10, 04:25 PM

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Originally posted by cartercarbaficionado:
any idea why im having an inadequate drop in temp across the rad? I was thinking clogged fins but I'm less and less sure


That was my thot too. but what do i know?

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82-T/A [At Work] JUL 10, 06:34 PM

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Originally posted by cartercarbaficionado:

see that's the thing. since I have space I'm keeping them since at this point they are worth more to keep then go actually sell. also everything but the truck was drivable until recently when everything went wrong. figuring out the fiero currently since I'm still waiting on suspension parts for the focus.
any idea why im having an inadequate drop in temp across the rad? I was thinking clogged fins but I'm less and less sure



I can't remember, but I thought we talked about this radiator before. It probably has tons of sediment and build-up in it. I would literally take it out of the car, clean both the front and the back with A/C condenser cleaner, and try to flush it. There's several chemicals that you can pour down there, shake that **** around, and then dump it out.

Try to flush it as much as possible.
cartercarbaficionado JUL 10, 11:16 PM

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Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]:


I can't remember, but I thought we talked about this radiator before. It probably has tons of sediment and build-up in it. I would literally take it out of the car, clean both the front and the back with A/C condenser cleaner, and try to flush it. There's several chemicals that you can pour down there, shake that **** around, and then dump it out.

Try to flush it as much as possible.


yeah that's the thing. I had already done that and taken it to a reputable radiator shop to have it boiled out and flow tested. also did clean the fins out multiple times now and it's still not right. I think a few of my cores just aren't correctly working as of a few days ago when the temp shot up slightly above normal and stayed there. also as it turns out the new temp sensor I bought to replace the questionable one doesn't work at all
cartercarbaficionado JUL 10, 11:18 PM

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Originally posted by longjonsilver:

That was my thot too. but what do i know?


I did not mean to discount your idea. at the time though it was having a 28 degree drop over the radiator and then after it blew a hose off from crappy clamps and was refilled it did a 36 degree drop so something changed permanently in the last week but for whatever reason it will not overheat with it being 105 degrees outside. only when it's 80 and lower