tyler_lueken
LVC Member
In the past two days, my car has overheated twice. I have never had this problem before.
Car: 2001 Lincoln LS V8
Symptoms: After about 5 minutes of driving, my thermostat will skyrocket, and the annoying beeping begins. The dash display says "CHECK ENGINE TEMPERATURE" "ENGINE POWER REDUCED". I pull over, shut my car off, and pop the hood. The radiant temperature off of the engine doesn't seem to blistering hot, just warm like it usually is at running temperature. In the back right off the engine bay I noticed either smoke or steam rising up. I avoided interrupting this, because mainly I don't want serious burns all over my hands. It wasn't thick or cloudy like smoke, it was thin like steam. However, there was a terrible smell coming from my car. I have yet to pinpoint the source, but it is at the bottom, behind my right engine bank. After about 20 seconds, I hear what sounds like running water, flowing through my coolant lines. It sounded like someone flushed a toliet and it is still running. After coolant, assuming it is coolant, starts to flow, I let it sit for about a minute. I proceed to turn the car on, and everything is normal.
Sidenotes: My left front rim has always accumulated alot more black on it then every other rim. I always thought it was brake dust. I think I have a dragging pad. When I brake it will brake soft then get hard, then soft, then hard.
I just had a mechanic replace my right tie rod, and I am in need of a front end alignment due to lackadaisical repair work. However, if he noticed anything odd while my car was on the lift, he would have brought it to my attention, to try to get my approval to fix it, thus for more money for him.
I was backed into by a turbo diesel truck with a big honkin' hitch that ripped apart my left driver front end. Collision center went through and searched for problems, they said body panels were the only thing affected.
All in all, I have no clue what it could be. I need to crawl my happy butt under there and look for anything odd. But, I have school tomorrow, and I am rather tired. What I am looking for is if anybody on here has had the same problem, and if they have their resolution. Or if anyone could give me some things to look for, some ideas to do, or anything that you know of could cause my problem.
Thank you in advance guys, I just want my baby to be back in good running condition.
Car: 2001 Lincoln LS V8
Symptoms: After about 5 minutes of driving, my thermostat will skyrocket, and the annoying beeping begins. The dash display says "CHECK ENGINE TEMPERATURE" "ENGINE POWER REDUCED". I pull over, shut my car off, and pop the hood. The radiant temperature off of the engine doesn't seem to blistering hot, just warm like it usually is at running temperature. In the back right off the engine bay I noticed either smoke or steam rising up. I avoided interrupting this, because mainly I don't want serious burns all over my hands. It wasn't thick or cloudy like smoke, it was thin like steam. However, there was a terrible smell coming from my car. I have yet to pinpoint the source, but it is at the bottom, behind my right engine bank. After about 20 seconds, I hear what sounds like running water, flowing through my coolant lines. It sounded like someone flushed a toliet and it is still running. After coolant, assuming it is coolant, starts to flow, I let it sit for about a minute. I proceed to turn the car on, and everything is normal.
Sidenotes: My left front rim has always accumulated alot more black on it then every other rim. I always thought it was brake dust. I think I have a dragging pad. When I brake it will brake soft then get hard, then soft, then hard.
I just had a mechanic replace my right tie rod, and I am in need of a front end alignment due to lackadaisical repair work. However, if he noticed anything odd while my car was on the lift, he would have brought it to my attention, to try to get my approval to fix it, thus for more money for him.
I was backed into by a turbo diesel truck with a big honkin' hitch that ripped apart my left driver front end. Collision center went through and searched for problems, they said body panels were the only thing affected.
All in all, I have no clue what it could be. I need to crawl my happy butt under there and look for anything odd. But, I have school tomorrow, and I am rather tired. What I am looking for is if anybody on here has had the same problem, and if they have their resolution. Or if anyone could give me some things to look for, some ideas to do, or anything that you know of could cause my problem.
Thank you in advance guys, I just want my baby to be back in good running condition.
