So uh it's been a while since I've had cooling issue.

"nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul" (nfamouscj)
10/11/2019 at 21:08 • Filed to: None

Yes, I do have a leak. No, I don’t know where it is. I do know it’s not getting into my oil. But today driving out to a dinner and my temps jumped to the top of normal range - normally it sits at the bottom. Pulled into a gas station, popped the hood and the reservoir blowoff tube was pissing steam like a banshee. Uh oh. Bout a freaking jug of 50/50 for $13. Half of it as water! $13. Anyways, grabbed a cloth and popped the reservoir cap off and oh all the steam. Gave it half a jug, it jumped to half way between ranges - what should be normal and it stayed.

Had dinner, left, it went from cool to normal pretty quick but stayed and wasn’t boiling. Now, for a few years I’ve gotten a check engine that my coolant wasn’t getting hot quick enough and triggering a CEL. But it would still blow hot and operate normally. So I may get a new radiator cap since a bad one let’s air in and makes the coolant boil or so I’ve heard. OR the thermostat was stuck.

“But nFamous why not just change the water pump and thermostat?” Go look up an 06 Sebring 2.7 water pump process.

Anyways, Im drinking some Lunazul and lime at the moment to not worry. How is Oppo this evening?

DISCUSSION (16)

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
10/11/2019 at 21:23

Sell it and drive the 7.3. Way more fun :)

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time
10/11/2019 at 21:25

The 7.3 makes much more fun noises. It sounds like a school bus, TURBO NOISES, and can just drive through anything that stands in it’s way.

The Stringbean though is much more nimble and much more raucous. It's low and noisy. Plus it's only worth like 2 grand and has cost me any real money in a while. Hell the top was only $250 since I did it myself. I feel like an NA Miata slammed, boosted, caged is soon to happen.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
10/11/2019 at 21:49

The upper water neck is the first place to look. If you're careful you can swap it in a half hour. Done it on two cars.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street.
10/11/2019 at 21:59

Wait what now. You talking like replacing hoses?

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
10/11/2019 at 23:01

Kinja'd!!!

It is partially under the passenger side of the upper intake manifold. Part cost is about $15-35 depending on where you get it. Remove the bolts for the upper manifold, push it aside, remove hoses and sensor cable, undo bolts, reinstall making sure that you got the old o-ring gasket off.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street.
10/12/2019 at 07:43

Oh that bastard. I’ve already replaced him twice. The flat piece of plastic with the two small tubes and sensor cracks. I have a spare on on hand waiting for it to split open again. I’ll need t o double check it today.

Urambo Tauro > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
10/12/2019 at 10:37

“But nFamous why not just change the water pump and thermostat?” Go look up an 06 Sebring 2.7 water pump process.

Heh. B een there done that on my brother’s ’04... RIGHT AFTER having replaced the valve cover gaskets . IIRC there wa s like some special channel for the faulty pump to leak its coolant outside the engine so that it wouldn’t contaminate the oil . It was tricky to diagnose at first, but even trickier to replace!

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Urambo Tauro
10/12/2019 at 11:19

Bingo. I’m waiting to see if I ever get to that 110k mark because at 120 the timing chain has to be replaced along with the pump. If my pump is shot there’s a chance I may just do the pump and not do the timing chain since I’ve only put 8 k miles on it in 4 years and less than 1k this past year.

Urambo Tauro > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
10/12/2019 at 12:10

I didn’t even replace the timing chain while it was open. I recommended it, since I had to go through all the steps of lining up the timing marks and reinstalling the guides and tensioner anyway... but I think the kit was like $300 or whatever and my brother was just so DONE with t he car at that point . He was ready to get rid of it and TBH I was ready to be done with it too LOL .

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
10/12/2019 at 14:34

I know my 6.0 is stock exhaust still. too quiet. Thats changing by end of month though

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time
10/12/2019 at 18:33

An y Powerstroke with an intake and high flowing exhaust sounds oh so good.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
10/12/2019 at 18:43

Oooo...LED gauge bulb swap? :O

Glad to hear Stringbean is OK from your other post!

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
10/12/2019 at 21:14

Stratus Autostick non Abs dash swap plus a whole bunch of hard wired LEDs. (ran into an issue with inspections dealing with abs dash clusters because the light would stay on then they fail it if I popped the bulb out. Silly)

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
10/12/2019 at 21:54

Cool - I had a friend with a first-gen Plymouth Breeze...it had Autostick too if I remember right...? I quite liked that car...it was a metallic dark purple and the gauges had a cool orange-yellow glow!

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
10/12/2019 at 22:19

Autostick is surprisingly good. If you're romping on it shifts are firm but regular cruising shifting is comfortable and rev matched. Plus with the famous Chrysler 4 speed you can have some fun holding 2nd and 3rd. It's just when it anticipates a down shift as you down shift and you go from 3rd to 1st that things get interesting.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
10/13/2019 at 08:05

Yup, I always found it worked well in his car!