I had this brown material in my radiator, so i flushed it out with water, just bought the car about a month or so ago...Look like some idiot put automatic transmission fluid in it, but besides the point the car ran fine til i flushed the system with water, and let water sit in it for a day while i was driving it to flush it out better, on the way to flush it again, the car got hot on my gauge like 2-3 notches from the H, so i pulled over to let it cool down and drive again and it did it again...

I assumed my stat was dirty due to cleaning all the gunk out...so when i finally got it there flushed it, and put anti freeze back in it, it ran fine from there home, which is about 10 minutes...i get home tried to do the bleed process on a hill. because my heat isnt working still....after that i try to drive it to make sure its fine and its getting too hot again this time it hit the last marker before H

WHAT THE H- E- DOUBLE HOCKEY STICK IS IT....


THANKS FOR ALL HELP AND SUGGESTIONS GIVING

THANKS THANKS

 

it sounds like all of the water passeges from block to head are plugged shut...use can of radiator flush (crystals)

 

thanks man, but i dropped it off at the shop today, to also get my heat fixed that hasnt worked since i bought the car which was a month ago almost 2, thanks to all this hot weather i didnt get a chance to check the heater.... my fault but hope this **** dont cost a pretty penny.

 

The heat wont work if your coolant system is clogged. It runs off of it. Low coolant can also cause your car to overheat.

The brown stuff could be sealer if someone before you ran it wrong it could have clogged it also.

 

yea i know, ive flsuhed it, filled it up, the first time i had it professionally flushed the heat worked for less than a week just half a-s-s. then it stopped working again...idk lol i honestly got tired of fulling with it, winter is here it was 24 degrees this morning, i work third shift i have to have heat or i cant leave work soon as i get out.

 

My mechanic flushed my system, and its not overheating, and i have heat.. lets see if it last longer than a week..

He said if it happens again hes pretty sure my heater core is gonna need to be replaced.