Hi guys,
So today I went to start up FD , I have not used it in like 3 weeks I just got back from Korea and Japan , So I went to start it up 1st I need to jump it but once I got it ruining the temp just goes up up and up to H and when I turn it off it goes down at the same speed the fans are on . could it be the thermostat ? its making me go crazy bcuz it was just fine 3 weeks back and I need my car bad assap ,so if anyone could help me that would make my day I feel like shooting my self right now bcuz of my car

 

Dumb question; is the radiator full when cold? Could be water pump, thermostat, or sensor. Could you be more specific as to how fast the gauge rises.

 

radiator is full all the time, I would say it takes like 60 sec to go up to H

 

It could be that your thermostat is stuck.
Mine use to overheat on the freeway because it wouldn't open all the way.
When I removed mine you could see that the gasket wouldn't make a good seal.
It's not too hard to check, just remove the 3 bolts attached to the filler neck and make sure you drain some coolant before removing it.

 

but what worry's me is why does it do it right when I start , I have never seen a car do like that , and why did it not doing anything be4 but I guess I will put off the thermostat 1st thing when I get up.

 

Seems like it gets hot too fast... what do you mean the temp goes down as fast as the fans are on?

 

nope it only goes down when I turn off the car , but that's the thing I would think if the car is hot when I would start the car right back up it would be up at hot right away

 

So if it is hot and you immediately shut it down and start it back up it is cold again?

 

yup it goes down to C and then it works it way up in like 45 60 sec almost think it might be a wire or something

 

Sounds like an electrical problem.

No way a car can overheat in 60 seconds from a dead cold start, even if the ambient temps are warm or even hot unless you were pounding the throttle from startup in which this case you werent.

Right?

 

Its a sensor issue. A car takes longer then 60 seconds to warm up even if the thermostat isn't opening. More like 5+ minutes. The sensor for the cluster is different then the one for the computer if I remember correctly. It might not even matter but have it checked out unless you have a pfc to verify the sensor temps.

thewird

 

that's what I was thinking I just worry that its not that I blow my motor

 

I went to start it today out in the cold am and it took like 5mins to still go up

 

no I do not

 

I'm changing out the thermostat right now just so I can rule out that

 

You should have an aftermarket water temp gauge anyway. Btw you can test your thermostat instead of just replacing it.

 

does this happen with only the key on ignition without the car running?

 

if its on acc yes

 

the old one looks good but I will still put a new one in, but ya I think I'm going to get one today and drive down to SD and have my friend help me put it in , I just want make sure the car is not running hot be4 going on a hour drive

 

make sure there is nothing making contact between the sensor in the rear iron and the iron itself, this happen to me few weeks ago.

turn out to be that i had drop a small 8mm nut and it landed in between the sensor and the rear iron grounding the sensor and making the gauge go all the way up to hot in no time.

 

like how long would it take and if the was was a bit warm would it go up faster ?

 

it took less trhan 40 seconds

 

also check the wire itself and make sure that isnt making contact somewhere

 

like everyone is saying, it will take a few minutes for the car to warm up, and thats without the fans running.

 

so I'm done with the thermostat and that did not fix it but I think the car is ruining ok there's no way it cold get this hot in like 5mins and not show anything under the hood