Hi all, today I stopped by my fathers house this morning, I started to back down to the garage and my car started to spew white smoke and it was idling badly. I jumped out and checked the exhaust and popped the hood. The engine was rocking as if a miss was occurring, from the water inhibiting the spark. I then pulled back up to more level ground, the idle started to clear up, it wasn't as choppy as when pointing up the hill but was still evident. I drove it around and it almost completely cleared up, its was idling fine and no white smoke, but as soon as I point up hill it starts to act up. When I first started it earlier in the morning it was fine, and during the drive up there it was fine, no overheats, nothing. Also while it was acting up it was not overheating.
The car had been losing water for the past few weeks excessively, I had no idea because there was no evident leaks. Almost every day I check the oil and coolant level, and there was only one other occasion that made me think BHG, I was recently driving after picking up some AC components and I heard a loud tea kettle whistle, and noticed the temp was all the way up, as soon as I could I pulled over, I thought it was a BHG then, but turned out that there was no water in the radiator.
When I purchased the car it had a JDM engine installed and a MHG as well, I think that something was done incorrectly when the engine was installed, and it caused it to fail over time, or that recent overheating damaged something. I have put over 20,000 miles on it since I purchased it, and it has far outlasted it's original purchase price and expectations, so I'm not very angry, just at a loss.
Has anyone else had any problems with MHGs on a incline? lol.
The car had been losing water for the past few weeks excessively, I had no idea because there was no evident leaks. Almost every day I check the oil and coolant level, and there was only one other occasion that made me think BHG, I was recently driving after picking up some AC components and I heard a loud tea kettle whistle, and noticed the temp was all the way up, as soon as I could I pulled over, I thought it was a BHG then, but turned out that there was no water in the radiator.
When I purchased the car it had a JDM engine installed and a MHG as well, I think that something was done incorrectly when the engine was installed, and it caused it to fail over time, or that recent overheating damaged something. I have put over 20,000 miles on it since I purchased it, and it has far outlasted it's original purchase price and expectations, so I'm not very angry, just at a loss.
Has anyone else had any problems with MHGs on a incline? lol.
