MatthewAlan8
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- '97 XLT
Okay so I made a post a while back about my car overheating. Turned out to be the radiator cap not holding pressure but I was also told my intake manifold was cracked.
Now about 2 months later, my car began to overheat again. The car overheats and I check the radiator cap and it's cold. The heater does not work anymore and it was still overheating after putting an entire jug of coolant into it.
My brother in law thinks it's a cracked head (not sure if he means gasket or just the head). His reasons were that he saw that I was losing fluid. He said it wasn't coming from the hoses and it wasn't coming from the radiator but I was losing a lot of fluid (water) from the exhaust pipe. He was only looking at the car for about 15 minutes and it was a cold day. Isn't water (condensation) common? He said it was a LOT of water.
My friend, who also knows a bit about cars and repairing them said that he thinks it could be the heater core. I have not noticed any fluid on the passenger side of the floor, but the other symptoms fit I guess.
Obviously, due to cost I would prefer it to be the heater core because my friend can repair it but what do you guys think? Does it make sense to be either of them? Both? What is most likely?
Thanks.
Now about 2 months later, my car began to overheat again. The car overheats and I check the radiator cap and it's cold. The heater does not work anymore and it was still overheating after putting an entire jug of coolant into it.
My brother in law thinks it's a cracked head (not sure if he means gasket or just the head). His reasons were that he saw that I was losing fluid. He said it wasn't coming from the hoses and it wasn't coming from the radiator but I was losing a lot of fluid (water) from the exhaust pipe. He was only looking at the car for about 15 minutes and it was a cold day. Isn't water (condensation) common? He said it was a LOT of water.
My friend, who also knows a bit about cars and repairing them said that he thinks it could be the heater core. I have not noticed any fluid on the passenger side of the floor, but the other symptoms fit I guess.
Obviously, due to cost I would prefer it to be the heater core because my friend can repair it but what do you guys think? Does it make sense to be either of them? Both? What is most likely?
Thanks.