lindsey_lavish
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I have a '99 Disco II, it's only got about 73,000 miles and is in good shape
Got it in Nov. 06. Started overheated a month or so after. Low on coolant
July 2007- Large hose bursts, spraying driveway with coolant. Replaced by stepfather. Runs fine. Goes on a few 200+ mile trips everything is normal.
October 2007-
Overheats while commuting onthe highway. After a 5 hour rest add coolant heats normally until I get caught idling exiting the garage.
Redlines. Left in Parkinglot &Towed to dealership. They replaced...
throttle body heater gasket, thermostat, and bled the system.
told me of various hose leaks, but i wanted to replace them myself due to cost($403.41 total. $225 in labor and only $67.50 in parts!?!) & bc I can.
November 2007
2 weeks later, waiting on parts to arrive it redlines again. leaving campus.
got it home, using the stop.cool.repeat. method, hoses burst, as i park. coolant was everywhere. towed in morning to dealership.
they replaced many hoses, serpentine belt, maybe thermostat.
It ran fine for weeks. Got me the 200miles back to my parents home over the holiday I traded with mom, left it on the farm.
Dec. 2007.
3-4 weeks later it overheats on my mother&stepfather. No visible leakage. smelled of coolant, but had smelled like that since the hoses burst in early Nov. Stepdad Replaced thermostat last friday.
Fine on the highway home (70mph, 200 miles) and through the city a few times. Thursday, it overheated as I idled at a redlight, on campus.
Got it home, stopping and cooling-repeat.
No leakage, added some water. added some coolant.
I've spent all day trying to bleed the system(not sure my stepfather did)
Not sure if I did it correctly. Overflow cap off, heater running, radiator on an incline? Still didnt produce heat and blew cold air. Began to start overheating after about 25minutes. Moves towards the red, if driven more than two minutes(testing, in my apartment parkinglot)
Coolant is disappearing. I can smell it, cant see it. There is the white steam/smoke coming from the tailpipe. However, there is no milkiness to the oil(which i just changed) and I didnt see any oil in the coolant(how to check properly?). The hoses are all connected and in good shape. Several mechanics have never mentioned anything with the water pump.
However, there is a little crud in the expansion tank (little, black bits) and I know coolant has been mixed (orange, pink, green, blue, water) I know also know this is a sin and only OATcoolant needs to be used.
it was horribly over due on an oil change, fixed that today.
Should I try a radiator flush, before moving on to something more drastic?
Got it in Nov. 06. Started overheated a month or so after. Low on coolant
July 2007- Large hose bursts, spraying driveway with coolant. Replaced by stepfather. Runs fine. Goes on a few 200+ mile trips everything is normal.
October 2007-
Overheats while commuting onthe highway. After a 5 hour rest add coolant heats normally until I get caught idling exiting the garage.
Redlines. Left in Parkinglot &Towed to dealership. They replaced...
throttle body heater gasket, thermostat, and bled the system.
told me of various hose leaks, but i wanted to replace them myself due to cost($403.41 total. $225 in labor and only $67.50 in parts!?!) & bc I can.
November 2007
2 weeks later, waiting on parts to arrive it redlines again. leaving campus.
got it home, using the stop.cool.repeat. method, hoses burst, as i park. coolant was everywhere. towed in morning to dealership.
they replaced many hoses, serpentine belt, maybe thermostat.
It ran fine for weeks. Got me the 200miles back to my parents home over the holiday I traded with mom, left it on the farm.
Dec. 2007.
3-4 weeks later it overheats on my mother&stepfather. No visible leakage. smelled of coolant, but had smelled like that since the hoses burst in early Nov. Stepdad Replaced thermostat last friday.
Fine on the highway home (70mph, 200 miles) and through the city a few times. Thursday, it overheated as I idled at a redlight, on campus.
Got it home, stopping and cooling-repeat.
No leakage, added some water. added some coolant.
I've spent all day trying to bleed the system(not sure my stepfather did)
Not sure if I did it correctly. Overflow cap off, heater running, radiator on an incline? Still didnt produce heat and blew cold air. Began to start overheating after about 25minutes. Moves towards the red, if driven more than two minutes(testing, in my apartment parkinglot)
Coolant is disappearing. I can smell it, cant see it. There is the white steam/smoke coming from the tailpipe. However, there is no milkiness to the oil(which i just changed) and I didnt see any oil in the coolant(how to check properly?). The hoses are all connected and in good shape. Several mechanics have never mentioned anything with the water pump.
However, there is a little crud in the expansion tank (little, black bits) and I know coolant has been mixed (orange, pink, green, blue, water) I know also know this is a sin and only OATcoolant needs to be used.
it was horribly over due on an oil change, fixed that today.
Should I try a radiator flush, before moving on to something more drastic?