it just corroded out. you'd know if it was that. huge water show when i parked lol

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You might have air bubbles in the system.
Or the temp gauge circuit is bad somewhere.

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have you even bothered to do what I said ?

and why the f would you be > ?

you probably have a bad headgasket and you drive like an idiot

listen bat bwoiiiiiii i appreciate your time and advice but i do not tolerate your lack of intelligence towards my driving skills, you have never seen me drive therefore not knowing if truly i (qoute on qoute) "drive like an idiot"... plus i said (qoute on qoute) "hits the red H zone like i'm hitting red line with my rpms" did you happen to catch the "LIKE"?? =)

what's a "bwoiiiiiii" ?

anyways...

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so i'm gussing i'd have to flush out my cooling system and refill my coolant?

Any funny smell or coloration in the exhaust? If so, check your oil as batman277 said.

To bleed the air out of the cooling system, just let the motor warm up with the radiator cap off and the heater on full blast, and keep toping off the radiator. BE CAREFUL - the coolant temps will be around 170 degrees when the engine is hot, so dont burn yourself.

Did you notice if the radiator fans kicked on while the car was in the garage for 30 minutes?

I always try the super simple stuff first - you already tackled the thermostat, so that's taken care of.

How old is your radiator cap? If it's old and doesn't pressurize, you'll overheat. Get a new cap, run the car a few minutes (literally, like 2 or 3 minutes should do it) w/the cap off (to get all the air out of the system), shut it off and put the new cap on. It's a four-dollar fix that won't break the bank if it's the wrong fix.

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Ok, hold on.
Are you STILL losing coolant, or is that fixed?
Can you see where it's coming from?
Have you gotten the fans to run at all?


To "burp" the system do what Scott said.
Having the car on an incline [front up] helps too.
If the gauge moves real fast and intermittently you probably have an electrical problem.

This post has been edited by alltracman78: Mar 6, 2008 - 9:57 PM

Hey all, I have a 95 gt, 5fse, and guess what? it doing the same thing. I purchased a new radiator, seeing how mine split ever so slightly along the top seam. Thinking i fixed the problem, I continued driving it just to find myself losing coolant. Where does it go, im not sure at this point. There is no white smoke coming from the exhaust, there is no leaking of any sort under my car or as i am driving it. The oil is spotless with not even a trace of water in it. The car has no sign of power loss, ruff idles, or any other sign of a cracked head or blown head gasket! When you fill the system it runs fine, fans work when it reaches a certain temp, like it should, and temp maintains a perfect steady setting. But drive it about 80-100 miles and adding more coolant again. Seems like coolant last longer at lower speeds, which indicates to me that it must have a blown headgasket and probably pressurizing the coolant system. Any thoughts on this one?

I am going to try and add my input a little bit from what I been reading you said you raditor fan is not coming on did you check the fan relay to see if it working right?

I only read this first page but I would check your temp sensor and see if working right if coolant is leave the raditor it going somewhere bad. here idea check the coolant in the raditor and while the car running squezze the hoses not hard but easy and see what happens. I think you said you replace you theromstat right? I also read there are no leaks anywhere. Have you check you water pump? to see if it's leaking out of the spit hole I call it? if so you would need to replace that. Also have you replace the rad cap? my I ask what kind of coolant are you useing.

I work on toyota for 10 years so I think I everyone has given you all the information. If you want to send me a pm of what you done so far and it seem like you been throw parts at it left and right. Give me a pm if you want and I will try and help you out with your problem.