Me and my dad recently replaced all the coolant hoses before we started the car again. previous owner said that he had blown the headgasket once during that time he had the whole motor rebuilt after about a year the car was garaged and he was moving to Europe, and we purchased it from him sometime after. Now he didnt clean his resivoir tank so i did that. replaced all the hoses, retorqued the headgasket as it wasnt blown at that point so we did it early (It was already torqued to 55ft lbs we torqued it to 70ft lbs.)
The readiator was dry, which we found a sheredded hoses in the back of the block replaced that along with all the other hoses. Added new coolant. Started it up and it warmed up fine, except for a slight oil leak near or at the oil filter locale. No milky substance on dipstick or oil filler cap. No bubbles that i could see from the resivoir tank. However when driven the Water Temp spiked past the red zone, we quickly turned around and parked it, the temp. slowly came down, i checked the resivoir tank again no bubbles. My dad and I figure its eaither the thermostat, the radiator or the water pump. The upper radiator hose was HOT, the whole engine was hot my A/C blows cold havent checked the heater yet. Not sure exactly whats causing this. It didnt do this when we first purchased the car.
Also after i replaced my cluster cover my speedo stopped working, before it used to wobble. Now im not sure if got the green cable connected but im not sure if its that or my cable all together.
Help would be appreciated :1zhelp:
Thanks
~JDMMA70
The readiator was dry, which we found a sheredded hoses in the back of the block replaced that along with all the other hoses. Added new coolant. Started it up and it warmed up fine, except for a slight oil leak near or at the oil filter locale. No milky substance on dipstick or oil filler cap. No bubbles that i could see from the resivoir tank. However when driven the Water Temp spiked past the red zone, we quickly turned around and parked it, the temp. slowly came down, i checked the resivoir tank again no bubbles. My dad and I figure its eaither the thermostat, the radiator or the water pump. The upper radiator hose was HOT, the whole engine was hot my A/C blows cold havent checked the heater yet. Not sure exactly whats causing this. It didnt do this when we first purchased the car.
Also after i replaced my cluster cover my speedo stopped working, before it used to wobble. Now im not sure if got the green cable connected but im not sure if its that or my cable all together.
Help would be appreciated :1zhelp:
Thanks
~JDMMA70
