[Spridgets] Overheating Enigma with a PT Cruiser

[Lester]

Temp sender bad with no actual overheating?

Lester
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On Aug 9, 2012, at 5:24 PM, Kirk Hargreaves <khargreaves2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> My wife never wanted a particular car until the PT Cruiser came along . .
> she like the "round shape" of the body.
>
> That "round shape" has been the cause of a lot of problems for us.
>
> After trading our 2001 model in the dealer discovered problems with the
> rear suspension and the manual gear box (not the clutch).
>
> I know this because my son was the finance mgr at that dealership per which
> he said that we barely escaped some costly repairs and the dealer did not
> find out until after we traded it in.
>
> Then as stupid as we could be I bought her a new 2004 turbo.
>
> Front wheel bearings gone at 74k miles. .  air pump gone at 75k. . .
>
> Here is the question.  This last weekend we were driving from the Bay area
> to So Cal when the car overheated 300 miles from home.  When I put alumni
> seal in the system, it seemed to behave again . . but soon after it began
> to over heat a second time.
>
> Much money spent later . . . we rented a U Haul truck and dolly to get the
> car back home.
>
> It is now at my mechanics place . . a guy I have known and trusted for 17
> years.  And he just told me that he cannot find the reason for the over
> heating problem.  He replaced the thermostat and he tells me that it is not
> the water pump.  It looks like the radiator is blocked . . . which he is
> checking.  But he is not sure until he does some more testing. The temp
> reading on the radiator was 190 at the top and 150 at the bottom.
>
> Sounds kind of towards the low side (150 at the bottom) while the car is
> under load and fully warmed up.
>
> Maybe someone on the list has an idea as to what else could be checked?
>
> Thanks. .  .
>
> Kirk
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