^Kael n me waiting at th radiator place th second time^
Well i re-read th post be4 this one and got slightly annoyed.
$350 - $400? I fn wish.
Th exhaust place cost me $120. I spent $210 on th cooling system that said monday, only to get th car back still overheating like a dying horse. Not happy jan.
I then got advised to take her into a radiator specialist to get it flushed, which i did, which cost me another $150. Only to get th car back STILL OVERHEATING. Now all this time i was asking for th water pump to be checked, as everything else bar th radiator blockage had already been checked or replaced since xmas. Both mechanics told me 'nah they arent waterpump symptoms, no point'
So after spending $360 dollars in one day at 2 different places over th same fn problem i had had enough.
I pretty much stormed back into th radiator place and said 'th problem still isnt fixed. I have spent alot of money. I cant afford it but it looks like i have to spend more money, PLEASE CHECK MY WATERPUMP.
So they book me in, to cut a long story short, they took off th waterpump, saw it was fine, showed me it was fine and put it back on. Because they felt sorry for me they didnt charge me for th work (kind of them tho i would have been pretty pissed if they DID charge me) and told me to take it to somebody else who had a computer reader that would tell us exactly what was wrong with it. So miraculously on my way to th mechanic, no heating problems. Fine. Car back to normal n running sweet. I took it to th guy i was recommended to take it to neway n he hooked her up to th reader n she was fine. Idling at 103c running at 92c. Drove her round for half an hour hooked up, and still fine.
So i am not a mechanic but my original theory seems to stick.
Back in december we blew a heater hose joiner while out fishing. It was one massive head fuck and if u can be bothered check th archives for a title, something about plastic joiners n heater hoses.
Aaaanyway.. My theory is that a piece of this old plastic joiner broke off n didnt get taken out of th block when we replaced th joiner. It had worked its way thru th cooling system and had somehow wedged into th waterpump ridges preventing it turning as smoothly. Maybe even stopping it completely, because watching ur temperature guage go from a line above cold to a line under hot in 5th gear at 120km per hour on th highway just isnt normal people.
So thats my theory and with all th evidence gathered, thats th only theory i can come up with :)
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Go with your gut feelings with cars... ;)
We have to do something with your hair!....dreads, falls anything with volume and body, frame that pretty face show of those sparkly blinkers :p ;)
OMG!, your boy is growing up fast...speaking of kids...my 2 have grown recently, my boy is getting taller and growing out as well..poor boy has my bum...LOL he is a size 12 now (little big for a 9 year old but eh, he has my genes :p )
I reckon he will look like a teenager within the next year if he keeps growing with this spurt he's going through.
Anywayz hope your car behaves itself after you've fixed her....bloody cars! cost money...bloody things!...LOL
We also have to get the bomb fixed already forked out nearly another $800 (so far) 4 new tyres, brake pads, bearings, heel alighment (that Karl did and didn't do properly...Grrrr!)....the expense, it never stops....don't get me started on the price of fuel...$1.29 here....highway robbery!...I should just buy a horse and cart...LOL...
Anywayz catchya soon got to go to the school for parent/teacher interview....fun.....NOT!
xx Kasha xx
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