Well my 1992 camry v6 xle has officially ripped my heart out.
I had this car for 2 years now. For over a year and a half i did not have one problem with the cooling system, asides from a cracked radiator which was replaced by a new one a little over a year ago. Recently (the last 4/5 months) it was over heating. I would fill it up with antifreeze and 4 weeks later it would over heat. then 3 weeks. then 2 weeks. i finally saved up the money to replace the timing belt and water pump. When the mechanic pulled out the water pump it was somewhat corroded and all was fine for about a month. Tonight, i was driving it home and sure enough the temperature needle was breaking off the top of the gauge. I pulled over and bought antifreeze and filled up the coolant resivoir. It barely needed any. So i pulled the cap off the radiator. It used to get so low that i could pull it off and none would overflow. However tonight, it was full and some antifreeze overflowed.
After i filled the system back up the needle went back to the middle and all was fine for about 5 minutes. Then it went back up. But when i made a turn around a left curve, it went back to the middle. Back and forth the whole way home.
The belt is working, and the pump is pumping fluids.
The mechanic said the system was not leaking when he changed the belt and pump.
Any ideas what this could be?!
Im going to take it to a different, much pricier, but very reputable mechanic tomorrow morning.
I had this car for 2 years now. For over a year and a half i did not have one problem with the cooling system, asides from a cracked radiator which was replaced by a new one a little over a year ago. Recently (the last 4/5 months) it was over heating. I would fill it up with antifreeze and 4 weeks later it would over heat. then 3 weeks. then 2 weeks. i finally saved up the money to replace the timing belt and water pump. When the mechanic pulled out the water pump it was somewhat corroded and all was fine for about a month. Tonight, i was driving it home and sure enough the temperature needle was breaking off the top of the gauge. I pulled over and bought antifreeze and filled up the coolant resivoir. It barely needed any. So i pulled the cap off the radiator. It used to get so low that i could pull it off and none would overflow. However tonight, it was full and some antifreeze overflowed.
After i filled the system back up the needle went back to the middle and all was fine for about 5 minutes. Then it went back up. But when i made a turn around a left curve, it went back to the middle. Back and forth the whole way home.
The belt is working, and the pump is pumping fluids.
The mechanic said the system was not leaking when he changed the belt and pump.
Any ideas what this could be?!
Im going to take it to a different, much pricier, but very reputable mechanic tomorrow morning.
