![]() The high heat may have impacted the high pressure fuel pump seal which can inject fuel into the oil. While you are at it, inspect the oil for fuel smell. Check the right front corner of the engine where the water pump is located and carefully inspect the weep hole for residue from a leaking pump seal. In fact it may have failed which is inhibiting coolant flow through the system and contributing to overheating. Second, if your coolant is low, at your mileage its most likely the water pump is failing. Have you had the coolant fill cap removed? You can see similar issues with the air bubble. If the air dam is damaged and not doing its job, the air flow is severely restricted and can cause over heating. If you sucked up a grocery bag or other debris that is blocking the fins, that would cause your problem. Check the radiator to see if you have significant blockage of the air flow. What's the best coolant to use if I'm going to do it myself? I saw that Robotech uses Peak Global (O'Reilly and Autozone don't have it but Walgreens does, wtf?).įirst since the car has been running at normal temps for its life with you and the fans are running, look for a new issue.Is the car past due for coolant flush/replace even though I'm not at the 150k maintenance level? Look like there's also a 4-5 year guideline and I don't know how long the coolant's been in there.Would it be sufficient to top off the coolant, or should I flush/replace it altogether? I've read/watched the video so I can probably handle the flush myself if it doesn't rain.So I don't know when/if the coolant has been flushed. I don't know the service history at all before August 2015, and Carfax history doesn't show anything useful between then and my purchase in August 2016. I have noticed that my coolant tank has been below the seam for a while (see attached photo), but the dealer hasn't said anything and I haven't seen any issues before yesterday/today. Drove to my planned destinations and back with no issues, just shopping around town mostly. Īfter 2-3 minutes I started it back up and the temp went from about 230 back down to my usual 194-198. I pulled over to a safe off-road spot, turned the car off, listened to the fans run while I googled a bit about the issue. My 09 redline turbo just passed 50k miles in the last couple of hours, and actually right at 50k give or take half a mile, I got the coolant temp indicator and a DIC display of 252F. Thought I would ask fresh even though I've seen parts of the probable answer. ![]() I searched the forums and read a few threads on this, after getting my first coolant temp warning in two plus years owning the car.
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