370Z Engine Failure

Jordo! · 07-15-2010, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by EazyD

Going to throw in my $0.02 and mention that which you are checking your oil, also keep an eye on your coolant!!

I failed to do this, and didn't notice my coolant getting lower and lower due to a crack in the radiator. After overheating my vehicle, I now have a cracked cylinder head among lotttts of other parts need to be replaced. All I had to do was keep an eye on the fluid level. Stuck in Maine right now at my father's mechanic's mercy.

The temp gauge didn't show any overheating?

A tip for everyone, if the car starts overheating, crank up the heat on full blast -- that will draw heat off the motor to the heater core and should cool things down enough to find a safe place to pull over. Then call a tow truck.

(Disclaimer: At least this trick used to work -- not sure if more modern cars have the core set up differently... if you don't see temps coming down, get off the road ASAP.)

An overheating engine will potentially warp the head and can murder an auto trans pretty quickly.

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