Overheat!!!

ok when i got the car the temp wouldnt go over the 1/4 mark today my war when about 7/8 near the red it shut of on my 3 times when i left it on neutral. what could be the prob. and yes i ckecked the water before i left this morning and it was fine. i dont think its the termostat cuz the temp goes up and down. could it be a cooling seal? and how do i know if it is that? or what could be the prob? :confused:

I'm not too sure, but you might want to start by having the radiator profesionaly flushed. even if that's not teh problem, it'll be benificial.

Your engine has severely overheated once. Time for a rebuild!

how much would a rebuilt cost?

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Are you using 2 stroke??

Use it, unles u want another fucked up engine

Are you using 2 stroke??

Use it, unles u want another fucked up engine

What the hell?

I'm guessing he means two stroke oil, I've heard that its an ok idea to run at a good ratoi to keep the seals lubed although I'm not sure which oil you would use cause I've never ran it in mine which has never had any overheating issues or oil consumption problems.

Oh.

Ok went looking and found that the oil is premix but you need to pre-mix it in a gas can before putting it in your gas to insure a proper mixture.

um... what? tell me if i'm translating this wrong: it's a proper ratio gas/oil premix that you put into your tank? sorry, your sentence just didnt' make much sence. i think it was the premix pre-mix/gas can gas combo that threw me off.

sry I had the name of the premix oil in there but I'm having key board problems and it cuts somethings out and makes my curser go to different parts of a sentence at times, Pettit makes Protek-R oil and redline makes another premix oil but from what I've read its a good idea to mix the oil in with gas in a seperate gas can before adding it to your gas tank on your car, this just makes sure that the oil is mixed before you take off down the road although it will mix after you have driven a while and caused your gas to slosh around. Sry for the confusion.

will this help my car from overheating? (premix)

Not really all it does is lube the seals like MBTN said if your engine has already overheated then its time for a rebuild.

so i should just swap turbo in it.

Thats what I would do and I'm curently looking for another t2 parts car so i can do that(turn my gxl into a sleeping turbo car) and fix my other t2,but its not something that I would suggest that you do alone if you've never installed an engine before.

i know it wont be easy but i will try i know where i can get a turbo engine with trany and ECU for $1200.

I would have to say getting your wiring and maybe the vacuum lines would be the hardest with that swap other then that pretty much all you have to do is bolt the trany in which is one bolt on the trans mount then slip the engine in. It took me about 4 hours to pull the motor on my gxl but I didnt use a cherry picker I just picked it up far enough to get a 4x4 under the hood and through a chain then got a friend to help me lift it out then put the other engine in with a lift cause I didnt feel like totally killing my back. Good luck with the swap if you go for it and keep us informed with it cause I'd like to know where the wiring harness starts and ends for the ecu.