It sounds like the coolant is not flowing through the engine block.
Overheating with cold coolant
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Overheating with cold coolant
Good afternoon for those of you on the west coast.
A week ago my car stopped cooling. It isntantly went from cooling fine to just going straight up in coolant temp with only a brief pause around the 180 and slowed down slightly after that. I am trying to flush and clean the system today but when I drained my radiator (coolant temp read 175) the little coolant that hit my hand was cool. So I went back to feel more and it was all cold. When I got my car to the garage to work on it, it was reading 210.
any suggestions?
A week ago my car stopped cooling. It isntantly went from cooling fine to just going straight up in coolant temp with only a brief pause around the 180 and slowed down slightly after that. I am trying to flush and clean the system today but when I drained my radiator (coolant temp read 175) the little coolant that hit my hand was cool. So I went back to feel more and it was all cold. When I got my car to the garage to work on it, it was reading 210.
any suggestions?
Race Director
Joined: Mar 2015
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Good afternoon for those of you on the west coast.
A week ago my car stopped cooling. It isntantly went from cooling fine to just going straight up in coolant temp with only a brief pause around the 180 and slowed down slightly after that. I am trying to flush and clean the system today but when I drained my radiator (coolant temp read 175) the little coolant that hit my hand was cool. So I went back to feel more and it was all cold. When I got my car to the garage to work on it, it was reading 210.
any suggestions?
A week ago my car stopped cooling. It isntantly went from cooling fine to just going straight up in coolant temp with only a brief pause around the 180 and slowed down slightly after that. I am trying to flush and clean the system today but when I drained my radiator (coolant temp read 175) the little coolant that hit my hand was cool. So I went back to feel more and it was all cold. When I got my car to the garage to work on it, it was reading 210.
any suggestions?
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jul 2004
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From: Clifton Park, NY ............Clearwater, FL ... 85 Original Owner
Good afternoon for those of you on the west coast.
A week ago my car stopped cooling. It isntantly went from cooling fine to just going straight up in coolant temp with only a brief pause around the 180 and slowed down slightly after that. I am trying to flush and clean the system today but when I drained my radiator (coolant temp read 175) the little coolant that hit my hand was cool. So I went back to feel more and it was all cold. When I got my car to the garage to work on it, it was reading 210.
any suggestions?
A week ago my car stopped cooling. It isntantly went from cooling fine to just going straight up in coolant temp with only a brief pause around the 180 and slowed down slightly after that. I am trying to flush and clean the system today but when I drained my radiator (coolant temp read 175) the little coolant that hit my hand was cool. So I went back to feel more and it was all cold. When I got my car to the garage to work on it, it was reading 210.
any suggestions?
Safety Car
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 3,751
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From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Hi
The temperature sensor can show high after it has been overheated.
Replace the thermostat and temp sensor if it shows high when engine is not at operating temp.
The cars are supposed to run between 200 to 240 f.
Cheers
The temperature sensor can show high after it has been overheated.
Replace the thermostat and temp sensor if it shows high when engine is not at operating temp.
The cars are supposed to run between 200 to 240 f.
Cheers
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