Francesco944

well.., the winter i think had taken it's toll. yes.., i am a dumb *** for driving in the winter..., but i had no choice.., put some good yokohama winter tires on.., and had no problems till it got REAL cold for a week. well, now my 84'944 is not running so well due to the fact that i am either leaking or burning antifreeze like hell.., and i notice that when stopped and idleing.., she gets hot.., needle goes to halfway and i see steam coming from the front end. i am burning oil as well. she has 230,000km on her..., i think it was just a matter of time. any suggestions guys..., what should i do to her???

Matt O.

This could be one of many things. Is it spewing out the overflow tube? Check your hoses and stuff for leaks. I would pressurize the system and try to find the leak. You can get a pressure tester at most any car parts stores (the ones in the U.S. will let you borrow them for free).

-Matt

Renntag

do the fans come on?
could be the switch on the radiator, could be a fuse.

I drive mine in the winter....

Francesco944

good call boys..., the fan comes on.., but not often enough..., my fuse box was loose and my fog and interior light would not go on all the times when i start up. also.., the fan makes a whistleing noise it has never made before. maybe it is a fuse. and yes.., i'm sure that the steam comes from the relief hose. i'm going to check that out..

Francesco944

also.., i can't find any antifreeze on the garage floor.., it must be draining whist driving.

Brian Wilson

I hate to say it, but that is exactly what was happening when my head gasket went.

I was losing coolant and didn't know where. Eventually I strarted haveing just a bit show up underneath the car. A few days after that my radiator hose to the thermostat burst. I thought my thermostat was bad. After I checked things, I noticed that I had a milkshake in my coolant resovoir. I tore the engine apart and my head gasket was almost unnoticable, but it was enough to cause lots of problems.

There are lots of threads along the same lines. Sorry I don't have time to look right now, sort of in class. Good luck.