:S is my car haunted?!

[ToyotaRulez]

OK this is what happened..

i had a problem with my 92V6 overheating 1 week ago..so replaced the rad and thermostat. problem fixed... topped everything up. drove it for 1 week without any problems. i took a long 65 km drive to Hamilton yesterday.. and when i reached my gf's house the temp arrow jumped to H and the car started over heating again!!.. so i let the car sit.. i check and everything is working.. the reservoir was empty and when i would pour antifreeze into it , it would leak directly out from the bottom of the reservoir :S.. so since the rad was empty..i topped everything up with water/antifreeze since i assumed the reservoir had some type of leak at the bottom .. so i top everything up and I'm driving back to Toronto.. temp is normal.. then i hear this winding/squeeeeeking noise coming from the belt/engine.. and every-time i hear it the dash goes dull!!.. so it happens on/off for about 4 times.. then it stopped..starts again.. and the temperature Gage jumps back up to hot.. and I'm stuck on the highway (QEW). And for some odd reason even though the reservoir was empty.. it leaked out all the antifreeze i put in the rad!!.. so I'm guessing it spit it back in the reservoir and it leaked out.. So this morning my dad topped everything up....aired out the whole system.. he filled up the reservoir and there was NO LEAK.. we drove the car for about 20kms and back the car DID NOT over-heat!!.. WTF IS THIS!!!!

The car DID NOT leak when my dad drove it.. it's like the car hates me or something!!.. When i poured antifreeze into the resrvoir last night it leaked out immediately!.. when my dad poured antifreeze into it this morning it did not leak at all!.. not a drop! :|!!

Now im very paranoid to take this car on long road trips!!

?? HELP ??!
Thanks!

[Stealth]

That resevoir is only to catch overflow and doesn't recirculate into the system so filling it does absolutely nothing. Just pour your coolant and water mix into the radiator when the car is cool. Try to find the leak if there is one in the system itself, if you're lucky it's just a hose and those are easy to replace.

[ToyotaRulez]

Yes.. thats what i did.. but it still leaked it all out!.. if i poured antifreeze into the resevoir it would leak.. but if i poured into the rad it wouldn't leak.. so i figured the leak was at the resevoir.. i topped up everything before i left hamilton.. yet the car leaked everything out when it overheated. And today it didn't over-heat!.. strange .....

[ToyotaRulez]

So wait.. how long would a rad full of antifreeze last.. if the resevoir was empty?..

[ToyotaRulez]

bump^

[Axel Kain]

for awhile, the resavoir is actually an expansion tank, the water/antifreeze heats up, and expands, so its gotta have somewhere to go....resavoir.
also, my rad, and res. would be empty after mildly short trips....turns out my water pump bearings went out...heck right before i took it out, it had sooooo much play/wobble i was surprised it didnt tear up my timing belt!!!
so the water... would leak out of my water pump, the day i decided to replace it, i topped everything off, and let car idle, looked underneath...looked like it was pissen'......good luck!

[rocket859]

Check the 30 Amp fuse for the Radiator Fans :P

A friend of mines miata had it missing (Not There at all) when i was looking at his under hood fuse box yesterday. He is having the same problem as you.

[marc780]

Head gasket could be blown; is coolant coming out of the tail pipe? (engine hot that is).