Cav Radiator

[russellmouser]

Last night a light came on. i had no idea what light it was and the car still drove fine so i thought it was fine (the check engine light had a problem so it is always on so i thoght this was just a malfunction). Today i got about a mile down the road when it died. i pulled over and found it had over heated.i looked more and found the water was low, ( so that was the light ) and the fan was unpluged. I wated for it to get down way past cool and filled the water and pluged in the fan. now it sould work but it still overheats. I would understand if there was damage to the heads or somthing and it didnt start, but i fixed the heat problem so it should stay cool. What am i missing

[carman29906]

you might of blown the head gasket, warped the the head, cracked the head or cracked the block. before driving it to far i would have it checked out.

[russellmouser]

i thought of that but why would the temp keep going up, fast. i drove about 500 yards and it got up to the red, so i stopped. the head would make it run bud, not overheat

[carman29906]

if the head gasket is blown it will make it overheat really quick check that since its one of the least expensive things to do.