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Re: 89 4cyl cav.. TEMP Light Comes on, heat/air smell like antifreeze... new thermostat?
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Originally Posted by jakegday
the problem you're describing in your "thread title" doesnt exactly sound like a bad thermostat, was your car overheating or running hotter then usual?
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thats the thing... its running the way its usually ran.. but now the temp light is coming on. only change i've recently made is a new catalytic converter (that had been put off for possibly too long  )..... somebody told me thermostats can be damaged in cold cold weather... its been cold recently, i'm in maryland, usa....
so no i don't think its overheating but i could be wrong.
oh yeaaaaaa also i found a bottle of brake fluid that my stupid dad left under the hood by the AC compressor... it had fallen out of place and was right next to that big belt the spins on the side of the engine.. the belt burned a hole in the bottle and i fear some may have leaked out. that may have done something
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1999 Chevrolet Monte Carlo LS [semi-daily driver until LIM repair or trade-in for '13 Fusion, 110k miles]
Gone but not forgotten:
1995 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP[sold, 128k miles]
1996 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme SL Coupe [a minivan tore my door off, totaled, 84k miles]
1998 BMW M3 Hardtop Convertible [a pathfinder armada stopped in front of me, totaled, 70k miles]
1989 Chevrolet Cavalier Coupe [died, 160k miles, engine problems]
1990 Hyundai Excel GL [died, 220k miles, died]
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