Screw my life today

"Dsscats" (dsscats) 09/26/2014 at 22:59 • Filed to: None

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I'm bolting my Japanese car back up and my 10MM socket decides to disappear. Took 20 min to find it. And the previous owner overfilled the radiator. And my car is still overheating. And I don't think it's the fan clutch because the fan is spinning fine. Maybe thermostat?

Anyways, have a fiero with Z32 lights. And JCCS is tomorrow, so yay!

PanchoVilleneuve ST > Dsscats 09/26/2014 at 23:00

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I hate how good that looks. It makes me mad. It should not be but there it is.

Kanaric > Dsscats 09/26/2014 at 23:06

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In what way is it overheating? Is it like afterboil? If so something as dumb as the radiator cap just needs to be replaced.

Life and Times of Magoo: The People's Champ > Dsscats 09/26/2014 at 23:06

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Best Fiero I've ever seen

Dsscats > Kanaric 09/26/2014 at 23:07

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Yes overheating. What's afterboil?

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > Dsscats 09/26/2014 at 23:07

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Thermostat or water pump would be the place to look, I think.

jmart > PanchoVilleneuve ST 09/26/2014 at 23:07

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I know the feels. I used to have a Fiero GT, and for every good thing about it, there were 17 terrible.

Cherry_man1 > Dsscats 09/26/2014 at 23:08

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That, that actually looks cool.

Kanaric > Dsscats 09/26/2014 at 23:09

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Like you are driving around and the car is perfectly fine but you stop and turn it off and then it starts overheating. Usually you will hear boiling when it's parked.

My Skyline did this and I spent all kind of ridiculous money trying to fix the overheating issue when it was just needing a new radiator cap.

Steve in Manhattan > Dsscats 09/26/2014 at 23:10

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What sort of car, and have you had the cooling system flushed lately?

JGrabowMSt > Dsscats 09/26/2014 at 23:13

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Over full radiator? The overflow tank should have a vent hole in it. As long as that is clear, if the coolant "bubbles over" it should spew the excess out that. My Magnum did it when I brought it to my girlfriends house the first time. Parked it nose down on their driveway, and it scared the crap out of me because of how overfull it was.

Could be stuck thermostat or the wrong pressure cap. Could also be the wrong coolant. Are you sure your water pump still has an impeller?

Kanaric > Dsscats 09/26/2014 at 23:13

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Also one thing you didn't mention was the waterpump, you might want to check that out. The belt maybe could be bad, the pump could be rusted, etc.

Aaron James > Dsscats 09/26/2014 at 23:13

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Water pump. Had a Nissan Sentra back in the day that overheated. Finally tracked it down to a disintegrated water pump impeller.

Dsscats > Kanaric 09/26/2014 at 23:28

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Nope.

Dsscats > Steve in Manhattan 09/26/2014 at 23:30

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300ZX, nope, but it's clear and there's no air in the system.

Steve in Manhattan > Dsscats 09/26/2014 at 23:36

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That's all you can do on that front. I am far enough away from all of this to remember what a stuck thermostat does, but that could be it. And it's a cheap fix, just don't break the housing (like I did on a couple old Volvos). If it's holding coolant and not leaking ... dunno, replace some hoses that might be partially blocked? Replace them prophylactically (before they start leaking)? Eh, I'm rambling ....

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > Dsscats 09/27/2014 at 00:05

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Maybe you could message haris300.tumblr.com about this. You can message anonymously saying you don't have an account and need help.

Let him know blunion05 sent ya maybe as well.

If I see him publish a reply to your question I'll let ya know.

Clown Shoe Pilot > Dsscats 09/27/2014 at 00:09

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You're working on a Japanese car and only have ONE 10mm socket?

unpredictable_swerve > Dsscats 09/27/2014 at 11:50

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That is a really cool Fiero! I would still rather a 300zx over it but hey...

Ferrero1911 > Kanaric 09/28/2014 at 02:21

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My Soarer did this and I replaced the radiator cap twice hoping and praying that was the only problem. Also replaced the thermostat (twice) and the radiator (which needed to be done even if it wasn't the problem). Of course it was the head gasket in the end.

Oh, and I almost forgot, replaced the fan clutch too.

Ferrero1911 > Clown Shoe Pilot 09/28/2014 at 02:22

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Came here to say this. You can never have too many 10's and 12's. Especially if you ever want to have 2 people working at once.