Why would I lie about getting stuck on the side of the road a few times with my top radiator hose hissing like a tea kettle and my engine making crunchy metal sounds?
Everything is new and replaced within the last 9 days:
fan clutch
then thermostat
then radiator, radiator cap, water pump, top hose, lower hose
never have used a fan shroud
for proof I will upload pics of my old/original copper rad, the champion one that got rusted out as well as the new cheapy chinese made Murray one I bought from the 24hrs Oreilly (in Houston we have 24hrs Oreilly and Autozone) last week in a pinch as I needed to make it to work in the morning by 6am.
At first I was running 50/50 mix. But the wise azz that I am read on this forum that I could run pure water so I started doing that.
And that's when I got stuck in traffic for 90mins on the way home one day and it started blowing white smoke and didn't want to shut off.
I believe that is when I blew the gasket.
Next morning she started up and was fine for 6 months or so.
Then, about 2 months ago problems started happening again with water/coolant loss.
Then the rust
Then overheating.
I will pickup a infrared thermometer and grab some readings.
Any idea where I should take my readings?
