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Old 01-23-2006, 12:14 AM
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Re: Car Overheats

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Originally Posted by hansonboy6330
Outside temperature is really cold... It's Bay Area cold... I took it down to LA last Nov (definitely hotter than current situation), and nothing wrong with it...

Yea, I think I see some crusty stuff on the top hose... How do you fix that?

Coolant level is okay... I checked it when it's cold/hot and its at an acceptable level...

Is it easy to flush?
if you can get the dealership to fix it under warranty, if not buy an aftermarket hose from RRE or the dealership will have modified ones, a new clamp, clean it off and fix it, really tight!!! shouldn't be too hard to replace urself, but if the dealership does it free, go for that

make sure your car has been off for like 4+ hours if you decide to do it yourselfthough, it seems to carry heat for a while

i noticed antifreeze under my car at less than 10k miles, so of couse i took it to the dealership afraid i blew the head... it never got bad enough to overheat though
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