Gen2 cooling problems, AGAIN...

[kgasso]

Well, last night was definitely interesting.

I thought I had fixed my cooling problems for good about a week and a half ago by replacing a couple of leaking fittings and hoses and flushing the entire cooling system. Well, after leaving a club last night with a couple of people, we were going through town and I swore I saw a puff or two of steam come from under my hood... thought nothing of it.. then a few blocks later, the temperature guage rockets up. I pull over and pop the hood (getting a free steam bath as well), and see that the steam's coming from the cooling system's overflow reservoir.

Let the car cool off for a while, put some more water and coolant in, and went on our way. Took a close look at _every_ pipe and hose, and none were leaking - just had steam coming out of the pressure-sensitive valve from the overflow reservoir.

Well, not a mile or two down the road, the car starts heating up again... so I kinda try to coast down the street without giving it any gas. Then, sudddenly, the temp. guage drops and I hear a *WOOSH* of water flowing into the radiator...

So, I'm thinking.. possibly my thermostat and/or the water pump need to be replaced. This sound like a reasonable conclusion without having it checked out professionally?

Thanks,

-Kameron

(edit: if it's the water pump, I'm going to be a little upset being this was just replaced not more than a year ago.... :razz

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<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: kgasso on 2002-06-16 20:04 ]</font>

[4A-GE]

i had the same problem before...but not my Camry but my Pontiac Sunbird.... ....but it was fine for my Camry from the first day.... well...not as many problems...

did you drive it really hard honestly..!?!? Rev the engine on every stop lite..!?!?

[kgasso]

did you drive it really hard honestly..!?!? Rev the engine on every stop lite..!?!?

Nope. In fact, it happened again this past Sunday after I picked up my dad to take him to a Father's day dinner... and was driving normally (tach never really got about 2500rpm)... but I tried to get it to do it again tonight, and try as I might, I couldn't.. even after driving VERY hard.

Ugh, what a pain. Gonna get a new thermostat tomorrow since that's fairly cheap anyway.

Thanks for the response :smile:

-K

[Louienyc75]

you know when Camrys get around 200k miles
then the radiator needs to be replaced.
forgot to mention that in my email. Go look for that tseudo water pump I remember seeing
it for 35$ actually. not bad and cheaper than the rip-off center dealer.

[kgasso]

Thanks for the info guys. BTW, the car just got a new radiator about 5 months ago... and only has 84k miles on it.

But I found out the problem today. Long story short, I jokingly said to a co-worker, &quot;watch, next thing you know I'll find out it's actually a blown head gasket&quot;.

Talk about cursing myself......

So, I guess it might be time to start saving up for a MR2 turbo tranny and 3S-GTE... that just might take a little while on my salary *sigh*

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