Well, yesterday I just needed to drive a short distance from home and
even though I needed some gas I decided to keep driving, I was very
tired and did'nt feel like stopping. The fuel guage was almost in the
red when I got to where I was going,and when I was leaving the car had
trouble starting. This was about 9am on a hot saturday. I got home and
slept for a while. I did'nt start it up again until about 7pm, and
again it would barely start and now the temperature had gone all the
way up to the red. I finally got the car to start and headed directly
to the gas station, filled it up and proceeded to drive two cities
away. The temperature gauge was all the way up the whole time, I
thought it might go down after driving for awhile, but it did'nt, and I
could feel that it wasn't at full power when I accelerated. I did make
it home though saturday evening.
Tonight sunday, I waited all day til the weather cooled down to try
again, started up OK, but again temperature guage went all the way up
immediatly. I test drove it to the gas station, still low power. Filled
it up, proceeded to drive home. Checked under the hood when I got home
and it was very hot in there, I could feel it on my face.
I just had a new radiator installed 2 weeks ago.
Any Ideas why the temp is so high?