alex_tdi
Veteran Member
hi all,
today while i was driving on the freeway i noticed the temperature go up up up.
my first thought was a bad water pump, so i turned up the heat hoping it would help dissipate some heat. curiously the air turned from hot to cool fairly quickly.
i also tried turning on the A/C, that helped, but only slowed down the temperature rise.
after i pulled over, i popped the hood and noticed that the coolant overflow container was way full. i had a water pump fail before in a Nissan Maxima and that didn't happen, so I'm confused.
Could the thermostat be stuck closed? or is this a common water pump failure? I had it replaced at around 50k when I did my timing belt, but I do have 118k on the car.
Has anyone experienced something similar?
Thanks.
Alex
today while i was driving on the freeway i noticed the temperature go up up up.
my first thought was a bad water pump, so i turned up the heat hoping it would help dissipate some heat. curiously the air turned from hot to cool fairly quickly.
i also tried turning on the A/C, that helped, but only slowed down the temperature rise.
after i pulled over, i popped the hood and noticed that the coolant overflow container was way full. i had a water pump fail before in a Nissan Maxima and that didn't happen, so I'm confused.
Could the thermostat be stuck closed? or is this a common water pump failure? I had it replaced at around 50k when I did my timing belt, but I do have 118k on the car.
Has anyone experienced something similar?
Thanks.
Alex