Before my car would over heat....since having that problem fixed, it seems as if it affected or caused me to have another problem....It seems as if my car is not running off all of the cylinders, and seems as if may be starving for fuel...could the person who did the repair work on my radiator forgot to re connect something, knocked something loose, or even worse, damaged something in my car?\
2006-08-06 19:15:03 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
It is possible that the tech. forgot something, take it back.
However, engines that have suffered overheating can have other problems that were cause by the excess heat.
overheating can damage seals, gaskets, warp parts cook oil onto valves, carbonize cylinders and pistons. The catalytic converter can get plugged.
it may not be the repair work. let them check it out.
Yours: Grumpy
2006-08-06 19:21:55 · answer #1 · answered by Grumpy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
chances are that it overheated to many times, it,s not to hard to install a rad depending on make and model and all the air burped from the system,sounds like a head gasket to me.but an extra ck is to start the auto pull each plug wire one at a time see if the motor changes speed it should go lower if it dosen't then its not firing,then put that wire back on and go to next.if it's DIS system take it to a good shop,but it sounds like a head gasket to me and thats 20 years exp. good luck
2006-08-07 02:34:38 · answer #2 · answered by fastjagman 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i agree with fastjagman probably head gasket but would also like to add that the head could also be cracked or warped as well due to previous over heating especially if coolant such as antifreeze or water was added to the system while still hot.
2006-08-07 03:48:46 · answer #3 · answered by prospectorofgold 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes,You are right!
I would look for small hoses disconected or hanging wires.
Look carefully at where,what area,the work was performed.
Cars today have so little room, it can happen that something gets
"pulled off"
2006-08-07 02:17:50 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the main sensor to run the computer control system is the coolant temperature sensor, if it is off the engine computer goes into the "limp home" mode. This is the cheapest and easiest first thing to check.
2006-08-07 02:22:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
this new radiator could probably be weaker that the old one. did it cost less thatn the other 1? or was thiss your first time to change?
2006-08-07 02:18:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a plugged catalatic converter
2006-08-07 02:19:54 · answer #7 · answered by harley6455 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take it back to whoever worked on it... make sure there is water in it..
2006-08-07 02:19:02 · answer #8 · answered by babygirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋