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I have a 2001 Mazda Protege with about 85,900 miles on it. Sometimes when I make a sharp turn, doesn't matter if it's a left or right turn, my car stalls out. It doesn't sputter, it's more like someone flipped a switch. I'm able to turn my car right back on and it runs normally. What could this be?
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Replying to: shelly81 (Oct 20, 2008 8:54 am)
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Replying to: maltb (Oct 20, 2008 1:47 pm) About how much will it take to replace a power steering pump? |
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Yesterday, my car's temp guage was nearing hot or at hot on my commute home. I noticed some antifreeze on the ground, but didn't appear to be leaking from under the engine anywhere. When I popped the hood, the only steam coming out was by the antifreeze coolant box. It was boiling hot and overflowing, dripping out causing steam. I continued on my 40 mile commute home with no issues, just stopping periodically to cool the engine down. I would keep the heat on high to try and drain some of the heat away from the engine, but later no heat would generate, only cold air. No warning lights came on the dash, car seems to run and start fine. What do you think the issue is?
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Replying to: brian374 (Oct 21, 2008 3:49 am) But hopefully you had good luck and no engine damage and so you need to look for the source of your overheating problem. Overheating is caused by a complex range of possible issues and has to be approached methodically, going from the simple to the complicated, and from the most likely to the least likely. The reason you have no heat is that you have low or no coolant in the system. But to the diagnosis: 1. A leak somewhere -- this can be tested doing a 'pressure test' on the cooling system with a pump 2. Stuck thermostat -- remove, test and inspect 3. inoperative electric cooling fans -- test and observe 4. clogged radiator -- this can be "flow-tested" by a radiator shop 5. air in cooling system -- when new coolant was added, system was not properly purged of air with bleed screws or using approved filling methods 6. bad head gasket or cracked cylinder head -- tested with pressure testing pump, and look for coolant on spark plugs or air bubbles in radiator. good luck with it! Hope it's one of the simple ones. Visiting Host
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Oct 21, 2008 8:06 am)
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Replying to: brian374 (Oct 21, 2008 10:10 am)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Oct 21, 2008 10:22 am)
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Replying to: brian374 (Oct 21, 2008 10:29 am) From what you say I'm thinking the cooling fans cut out perhaps. If you had a chronic overheat you'd never have made it home. When at freeway speed, you don't need the fans as much, if at all, to cool the car down. So the general rule (with exceptions) is: low speed overheat/traffic---cooling fans or other air circulation issue high speed overheat-- coolant circulation issue very fast overheat within 5-10 minutes of driving --- head gasket/blocked or stuck thermostat
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Oct 21, 2008 11:27 am) |
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