My car keeps overheating!
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My car keeps overheating!
I don't know what's going on! I have a 2.5RS that just hit 80,000 miles on the ODO. It tends to heat up when I'm stopped and cool off when I'm moving but then it stopped doing that a just started smoking and spewing coolant everywhere! This really sucks, I have no money so I can't take it to Subaru right now. Anyone know what the deal is here?
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Re: My car keeps overheating!
Originally posted by adj789
It tends to heat up when I'm stopped and cool off when I'm moving but then it...
It tends to heat up when I'm stopped and cool off when I'm moving but then it...
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Re: Re: My car keeps overheating!
Originally posted by BAN SUVS
Sounds like your fan stopped working. Troubleshoot the fan circuit before you replace the radiator. There's a good chance you only overflowed the reservoir instead of actually breaking anything.
Sounds like your fan stopped working. Troubleshoot the fan circuit before you replace the radiator. There's a good chance you only overflowed the reservoir instead of actually breaking anything.
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The thermostat doesn't directly run the fan in an OBDII car. The water temp sensor is responsible for that. The ECU turns on the fan when the temp gets to a certain point. (Or the AC is on)
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It could also be a headgasget. A simple compression test will show you if it is the case.
-Charles-
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turn the a/c on to see if the fan works if the fan works try to flush the radator by a professional to see if there is any blockage if you over heated it two much it woulded of cracked the block check under the car where the head connects to the block for leakage
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