earlier tonight i while i was at mcdonalds i noticed my a/c was getting warmer, then i realized that the fan wasnt going on when i turned it off and on. while i was trying to figure it out for i dont know what reason i look at my cluster and saw it at H!!! so i pulled over on the side till it cooled down, coolant level was fine it didnt seem that hot. so while i was driving home my a/c was once again cold then the temp shot up again, but as soon as i threw it in nuetral the temp gauge would go down.(it went from 3/4 to half) need help trying to figure it out......thermostat??? hopefully not water pump i dont know any input thanks guys sorry for the long story

 

Give me a call..I will help you with that if you come over.

 

i wanna give a big thanks to Brad(Teriyaaaaki) and Ryan(Boloheadrat) for helping me out with this situation. it ended up being the thermostat. again thanks guys i would be broke and lost with out you guys lol.

 

Luckily you noticed the temp before the engine decided to crap out on you.

 

This kind of thing happened on my last car and i was forced to change out the radiator... you lucky it was only your thermostat lol

 

I had a similar, but lucky scenario..

On the way home from a long day at work, I noticed my a/c get warm and stay warm.. I was like wtf? .. Same thing, coolant gauge past H, oh ****, pull over.

Culprit was a pinhole in my heater core bypass hose. Leaked all my coolant out. It magically disappeared on my way home after adding some coolant. Needless to say heater core is working again tho.

Glad you were able to catch it before you broke da motor.

I sure am.

 

Good to hear that everything is all G Ryan.. I should go out an buy me a thermostat as a back up incase.. What did you use?? The ones sold at Napa or you went to Rick at Servco Parts??

 

How much is thermostat from Servco? Because a ZeroSports or Crucial Racing thermostat is like $60-$75, wondering if the upgrade is worth it?

 

Crucial racing fail safe thermostats ftw!!!!!! It is well worth every penny..

 

yup sounds like your thermostat........but you already figured that out

 

well luckily brad had an extra one lying around seems like everyones thermostat is going cause i saw josh at checkers that night and said he had to change his to

 

Everyone is having coolant system problems this month? lol
One of the lines going to the throttle body busted and sprayed coolant over the top, making a nice white steam column out the hoodscoop, hows that for a scare...

 

your hoodscoop should now be called a squirtscoop then lol

 

just wondering how many miles you guys with thermostat probs have??

 

Actually the Crucial thermostat is only $45 and is great. The best part is it will fail in the open position so you will never overheat your car because of stuck thermostat again.