was driving the coupe today, and the overheating display appeared on the navi, as well as the check engine light. Luckily i was a minute from home.

Im guessing the radiator anitfreeze is low or theres a leak?...

Anyone else have any ideas??

Thanks ahead of time

 

What did your temperature gauge indicate? Stuck thermostat, loose belts, broken water pump impelers, blown head gasket, wrong ignition timing, clogged radiator, blocked air flow thru radiator are all causes for overheating. Start by process of elimination and narrow it down.

 

What Mr GEE said^^^
Heck if it was me I'd be checking it out immeadiately. How is the level in your rad, is it low. That is the first place to look.

 

i was just down the street when it started to occur...but had to go out for this family thing...i came home and the antifreeze was leaking all over the driveway...im preety sure its BONE dry...

 

Wow, you are very lucky this happened right by your house. Keep us updated on what caused the leak. Good luck with the fix.

 

so jsut got back from the mechanic....its a blown gasket!!....and warrenty JUST ended a month agoo...just my luckk...the estimate is around 1200..how much would this cost at the stealership?...i dont get how the gasket already blew ...its at 90 000 km...the mechanic was surprise too

 

that sucks sorry to hear

 

I have never heard of this problem before... That is horrible though!

 

Don't ever open your radiator cap will the car is still hot. Unless you want to see something similar to a volcano right in your driveway.

 

Did you have your Radiator replaced recently or did you refill it? Remember that there is an air relief plug on the heater hose. You might have more air than coolant in your rad in which case your engine will overheat.

 

nooo nothing replaced it just suddenly happened...but i knew this guy that owed me a favor so we got the head gasket replaced for not that bad of a price compared to the quotes we were getting....wut a hectic time that was...g35 Dude where in toronto are you from?

 

Hey I'm kinda slow on the replies.. .I'm in Mississauga.

 

I wonder how hard it'd be do head gaskets on a VQ motor yourself.... assuming you had a garage.