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All I did was... change all of Valdez's temp sensors, the water housing tube, timing belt, tensioner, thermostat and water pump, with the assistance of my younger brother. It was not as difficult as I anticipated. I took the car apart on Saturday and we put it back together on Sunday.
Now let me explain why this was done... initially my car was over heating, the red light would come after driving only a few minutes and air bubbles would be churning (boiling?) in the expansion tank.
Step 0ne: I changed all of the sensors, the water housing tube (as the o-ring popped out) and yet it still over heated.
Step Two: I read a lot of posts on NB.ORG in order to identify the problem, so I reasoned it was the water pump; that pesky plastic impeller.
Step Three: I ordered the water pump/timing belt kit from www.germanautoparts.com and installed it. To my surprise the plastic impeller on the existing pump was intact; however there was evidence of a water leak on the engine block, bad o-ring perhaps. The existing timing belt looked OK as well, I changed them all out anyway.
The problem still exists and here is what it is still doing after it warms up... while idling (I did not want to test drive it yet) the anti-freeze churns (boils?) out through the expansion tank, but the red warning light does not come on. I suspect that if I drove it the red light would come on.
Car starts great, idles (runs) great, no strange noises, so does anyone have any suggestions as to what is going on?
Now let me explain why this was done... initially my car was over heating, the red light would come after driving only a few minutes and air bubbles would be churning (boiling?) in the expansion tank.
Step 0ne: I changed all of the sensors, the water housing tube (as the o-ring popped out) and yet it still over heated.
Step Two: I read a lot of posts on NB.ORG in order to identify the problem, so I reasoned it was the water pump; that pesky plastic impeller.
Step Three: I ordered the water pump/timing belt kit from www.germanautoparts.com and installed it. To my surprise the plastic impeller on the existing pump was intact; however there was evidence of a water leak on the engine block, bad o-ring perhaps. The existing timing belt looked OK as well, I changed them all out anyway.
The problem still exists and here is what it is still doing after it warms up... while idling (I did not want to test drive it yet) the anti-freeze churns (boils?) out through the expansion tank, but the red warning light does not come on. I suspect that if I drove it the red light would come on.
Car starts great, idles (runs) great, no strange noises, so does anyone have any suggestions as to what is going on?