Heater acting up.
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RE: Heater acting up. - 3/7/2007 12:54:04 PM
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Katzmans Caddy
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No big deal here 92_Daddylac, your coolant level is low, that's all. Top up the radiator with a fresh coolant mix and you will be warm again. Keep an eye on the coolant level though as you may have a leak somewhere. It is not that uncommon to get low on coolant over extended time. I suggest that you get a routine going where maybe once a month when you gas up you go over all fluid levels. This way you will be on top of any potential problems.
PS. I saw your photo of the crushed front grille, any chance you punctured your radiator when you punched that snow bank?
< Message edited by Katzmans Caddy -- 3/7/2007 7:16:05 PM >
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RE: Heater acting up. - 3/10/2007 1:43:24 PM
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92_Daddylac
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JUST F^@$ING wonderful i put coolant in and it was full. i usually drive in town doing alot of short trips. well i was going to a funeral in another town which is a 15min drive on the highway. and it has been almost 8months since my cady has driven more that 3mi at a time. anyways while i was driving igot a COOLANT TEMP light and the car was still running ok when i decided to kick the heater on thats when somthing happend. WHITE SMOKE COME PURING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD on the driver side only and i stoped ASAP and looked uder the hood and found all hoses were ok the over flow tank was full but coolant was every where, mostly near the front by the air filter box and twards the bottom of the engine in that area would any body have an idea of what may have happened. i love this car dearly. thanx for the help.
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RE: Heater acting up. - 3/10/2007 3:34:36 PM
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Katzmans Caddy
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Well I have a Northstar and you have a 4.9? The water pump is on the drivers side of the motor on a Northstar not sure about your's. That sucks, usually putting on the heater helps and topping up the coolant too. Thermostat is over there near the water pump too. I don't think you have a serious problem but it is aggrevating when these things happen and strand you. Was the heater working better with full coolant? I ask because maybe the thermostat may not be opening. That's a $10 part.
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RE: Heater acting up. - 3/10/2007 4:32:41 PM
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92_Daddylac
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well i did have a leak so yea it help with the heater but i just went out to get my car towed home i looked at it and and i figured i should put water in the radiator and start it up and see if it starts to leak. but as i filled the rdiator it strated leaking on the driver side. so it was a bad radiator. not sure of costs but also i got my stereo jacked out of it when i got my car back i noticed my glove box door was riped off and thats where my dvd screen was attatched to and also they took my cd player. so all in all not a very good day and to go to a funeral.
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