R.I.P Sketra *cries*

[sketra]

I can't even drive 5 mins down the road b4 she even over heats, im pretty sure the head is gone and i cant pay anything to get it fixed so this will most properly be the end of sketra.... R.I.P gurl :( You will be missed :(

[JT3]

awww bad luck :( How'd it happen?

[sketra]

Thermo seized

[sketra]

Gee now mum is demanding that she is going to get the gasket for me and get my brother inlaw to do it for nothing HA i dont think so

[Mole]

Poor car, I liked that thing.

So what now?

[123R-Prozak]

and the evo bonnet didnt even keep it cool??

[sketra]

Hang on boys i think mum really want make sure she get out of intensive care and back to full health. And the evo bonnet does help but not enough and being a black car she is just not coaping... she has done 230,000km's and i dont think she has EVER seen a proper service b4 i got her.

[trentmeyer23]

have you ever had it serviced?

[sketra]

oh god yes, she just got a service 3 weeks ago.

[cypher]

oh god yes, she just got a service 3 weeks ago.

***** I was a bit concerned when read the topic title !!!

Just serviced and they didn't pick it up ???

[CHA54]

I'll bet the radiator is blocked. Will need the top tank removed and a rod pushed through all the cores to unblock it. Costs about $80 to get done if you take the radiator to the radiator shop. In my experience a 20 year old corolla with "good" service history usually has a radiator that is 40-60% blocked due to people using normal water and green coolant in the system instead of distilled water and genuine toyota red coolant.

[sketra]

HMM, aaah and service was done by me, just doing the oil, sparks n that..... meh.... well i flushed the radiator and she flows fine, can feel all the water going through when i put my hand on it... MEH ill sort it out sooner or later

[CHA54]

water will still flow through just a few of the cores, it's efficiency will be garbage though with all the blocked cores though and it wont be able to effectively cool the engine, causing it to overheat and blow things like the headgasket etc.

[sketra]

Ok well ill get it checked

[sketra]

MOTHER F***KER my water pump is gone..... im so not happy right now

[CHA54]

How do you know the waterpump is faulty?

[sketra]

ill give you photo's in a second....

[sketra]

Well i dont think something random does this to my car

Also its still dripping white crap all over mums driveway

[eviltwin]

ohh noes!!

[CHA54]

The waterpump is probably leaking past the seal and out the inspection hole. The pump would still be spinning though and circulating water through the system. If your coolant is white, I wouldn't be suprised if the headgasket is blown.

Pump is easy to change while the head is off, aftermarket pump (front housing and gasket) is about $60-90. Genuine pump is $120-150 including rear housing and block o-ring.

Your whole cooling system is probably filled with crud. Flush the block and heater core, take the radiator to be serviced, replace the waterpump and thermostat, fill with genuine coolant.

[sketra]

as i said before the oil is clean and so is the water....

[Lawz]

as i said before the oil is clean and so is the water....

well what colour was the coolant BEFORE you flushed it out? Obviously it'd be sort of clean now because you've flushed it out.

Perhaps showing an engine bay pic, radiator pic (with the cap off), etc.

Edited December 20, 2009 by 11TWO

[sketra]

when i flushed it, it was clean and before hand it was a bit orange from driving in the north

Edited December 20, 2009 by sketra

[Lawz]

when i flushed it, it was clean and before hand it was a bit orange from driving in the north

There you go. Orange... yikes... Do what CHA45 recommended.

The waterpump is probably leaking past the seal and out the inspection hole. The pump would still be spinning though and circulating water through the system. If your coolant is white, I wouldn't be suprised if the headgasket is blown.

Pump is easy to change while the head is off, aftermarket pump (front housing and gasket) is about $60-90. Genuine pump is $120-150 including rear housing and block o-ring.

Your whole cooling system is probably filled with crud. Flush the block and heater core, take the radiator to be serviced, replace the waterpump and thermostat, fill with genuine coolant.

Edited December 20, 2009 by 11TWO

[eviltwin]

how long has it had regular water in it? obviously it's borked