Hey guys.
I've been driving around all day at a normal speed (no hot-rodding, just cruising around) and when I stopped at Best Buy earlier, after coming back to the car I noticed that there was a pool of coolant under where the reservoir is. I wasn't sure it was me, so I drove home (5 mi) whilst checking my gauges, finding that outside of being low on gas, there was nothing wrong-- the coolant temp gauge was right where it always is, just to the left of the center of the gauge, well within the range of normal. After parking, I discovered that the reservoir tank was boiling over.
Now, I realize that this is a good indicator for headgaskets being gone, so I went through with the regular tests, checking the oil for milkshake, putting your hand under the exhaust to feel for moisture, and it passed the milkshake and moisture test but it's still quite worrisome that it's boiling over.
Is it possible that the rad cap failure could be a possibility or is it straight up headgaskets?
What's most frustrating is that I already took steps to correct for the HG's failing by replacing the resonator and shifting at 4900-5000 when going full throttle, and typically I am happy shifting at 3900 or so with just the kick in the pants of torque that I am used to, and what's even more frustrating than that is the fact that I just finally LEGALLY passed smog today, and finally got the radio in the car working.
As a last resort, if I eliminated the cats, could one of those pour-in block-sealers such as "Head Gasket Repair" from BAR help or alleviate the problem?
I was even going to eliminate the cats to get rid of the backpressure.
It always works this way...
Anyways, if someone could come by and give me a second opinion on the headgaskets or whatever the problem is, I'd be much appreciative.
-ghost
I've been driving around all day at a normal speed (no hot-rodding, just cruising around) and when I stopped at Best Buy earlier, after coming back to the car I noticed that there was a pool of coolant under where the reservoir is. I wasn't sure it was me, so I drove home (5 mi) whilst checking my gauges, finding that outside of being low on gas, there was nothing wrong-- the coolant temp gauge was right where it always is, just to the left of the center of the gauge, well within the range of normal. After parking, I discovered that the reservoir tank was boiling over.
Now, I realize that this is a good indicator for headgaskets being gone, so I went through with the regular tests, checking the oil for milkshake, putting your hand under the exhaust to feel for moisture, and it passed the milkshake and moisture test but it's still quite worrisome that it's boiling over.
Is it possible that the rad cap failure could be a possibility or is it straight up headgaskets?
What's most frustrating is that I already took steps to correct for the HG's failing by replacing the resonator and shifting at 4900-5000 when going full throttle, and typically I am happy shifting at 3900 or so with just the kick in the pants of torque that I am used to, and what's even more frustrating than that is the fact that I just finally LEGALLY passed smog today, and finally got the radio in the car working.
As a last resort, if I eliminated the cats, could one of those pour-in block-sealers such as "Head Gasket Repair" from BAR help or alleviate the problem?
I was even going to eliminate the cats to get rid of the backpressure.
It always works this way...
Anyways, if someone could come by and give me a second opinion on the headgaskets or whatever the problem is, I'd be much appreciative.
-ghost