Thread: Overheated last night - doesn't want start today

Drove home last night and temps rose to 210F+. Came off the highway and let it cool down. Got back on the highway and drove home. Temps stayed over 210F for about 15 minutes then suddenly went up to 217F. At this point I pulled over and shut it off. I guess I should of towed it at this point. I was only 1.6 miles from home - so I let it cool down for 40 minutes. Started it up and temps rose to 210F within 1 minute. When I got off the highway I shut it off, put it in neutral and coasted when possible. Did the start, coast thing 3 times until I got home.

Got up this morning to put it in the garage and it didn't want to start. Revved it up and it idle for about 30 seconds. Is this the end of another sr20de? I feel sick!!!

Whats the next step. Compression test?

Yuadman
(never give up - never surrender)

any ideas as to why it overheated?
make a compression test, and the test where you see if the headgasket is blown, forgot the name...

Yes compression test is in order.

I think the same thing that happened to my brother's car happened to yours. Same exact symptoms. If those temps are correct, then you shouldn't have done any damage. However they are likely very low since probably no water was running by the temp sensor and it was just reading air. Check your coolant level. You're probably way low. Likely your water pump has failed letting half the water out of the system.

Compression test will give you your answer I think.

I think the thermostat is stuck closed. The top rad hose was hot and the lower that goes to thermostat was cool.

Yuadman

The fact that it's hard for the car to start means you should be doing a compression test. Does it take a bit of time and maybe some throttle to start the car now?

Yes - I had to rev it up to get it to idle before it dies once my foots off the gas pedal.

Yuadman

Compression test time. However, I can almost tell you right now it's FUBAR.

I hope FUBAR is a good thing!!! LOL

Yuadman

Yep, it sure is.

Let me google that for you

LOL @ fubar meaning something good