Well im having some serious issues with my car right now... I was comming home from a friends place, and the temp gauge rose crazy fast, and was almost in the red, so i stopped and pulled over. I looked under the hood, and there was some rad fluid shooting out, but when that settled down and i felt all the tubes and the rad, it was all barely even warm. Also, the car wont heat interiorly, but im pretty sure those two issues are related.

If anyone can help, please do! I want my car back

 

the car has an air lock in the cooling system

 

Thats it? so i just have to let it warm up while adding coolant?

 

A hot engine and a cold radiator is usually a thermostat stuck closed. It won't be because of air in the system...

 

Can a thermostat just freeze shut? it was like.....-35 at the time.

 

Seems like everyone ignored the fact that he said radiator fluid was shooting out. Where exactly was it shooting from? Could possibly be a blown coolant seal and that means rebuild time.

-Joe

 

It was shooting out of the tube that goes back to the reservoir, just because there was a hole in the tube.

 

that happened to my friends supra, get a coolant flush, the problem with his was that there was an air bubble in the system and didnt allow coolant to flow, chances are good thats whats wrong with your car....

-Anthony

 

thanks, im taking my car in on thursday. i will get all that looked at.

 

Replace the tube with the hole in it, then replace the thermostat and do a full flush and fill.