Temp gauge goes to bad zone

Doubleeh · 10-05-2008, 04:15 AM

after a few minutes of hard acceleration and spirited driving my temperature gauge goes all the way to the right and stays there. I proceeded to turn on the heater on full to dissipate some of the heat but no hot air is coming out of the vents (WTF?) It's 3:30 in the morning so I'll drive my car again when I wake up. Any ideas? I opened the hood and there were no signs of overheating.

Euro_7 · 10-05-2008, 05:29 AM

was it blowing out cold air from the vents? If it was then you could have air bubbles in the cooling system.

R.S.C · 10-05-2008, 08:32 AM

sounds like you just need to bleed you system

Doubleeh · 10-05-2008, 06:27 PM

thanks. Drove the car under normal conditions today and temp was at normal position and heater was working normally as well. Weird.

Dr. Flyview · 10-07-2008, 10:50 PM

Make sure you bleed it...these things don't fix themselves.

Doubleeh · 10-08-2008, 10:19 PM

hey guys replaced thermostat but continued to overheat. Waterpump was then changed and car is running normal now (cracked) Problem solved!

ShortShifter · 10-09-2008, 08:59 AM

Waterpump was gonna be my first guess...good thing it happened before it hit -40..lol