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Car getting Hotter, smell fluid and needle climbing
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narhic_fd
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Dec 19, 2011, 7:48 PM
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Re: Car getting Hotter, smell fluid and needle climbing
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Okay i do know the fan is working. I checked that couple days ago and it comes on when it gets hot. I am very weary about letting my car run long enough because i Don't want to get more Oil in the Radiator(if it is that) or visa versa. More Radiator fluid in my engine(if it is doing that).
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narhic_fd
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Jan 2, 2012, 10:30 PM
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Re: Car getting Hotter, smell fluid and needle climbing
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Thanks everyone for all your help and for keeping from jumping the gun on the blown Head gasket. Well, i learned a very important lesson. Read your Repair Manual before doing work on your vehicle. Just because something was one way in another ford vehicle doesn't mean it's the same in another ford vehicle.
Originally i thought i had a blown head gasket because when i drained some of the radiator fluid( or so i thought it was the radiator drain plug) black looking fluid came out looking like oil. But as i began to inspect the hoses I couldn't find any gunk coming out of the Heater core hose nor the radiator hoses. Well, where i made the mistake was not reading my repair manual for the car i just got.
You see, before this car, I had a 1991 Ford Ranger and when i went to look for the Radiator Drain plug underneath my 1995 ford escort wagon, I gravitated to one plug and assumed it was my Radiator drain plug. It was in the same proximity and had about the same look as the Radiator Drain plug in the 1991 Ford Ranger and I just assumed it was my radiator drain plug for the Ford Escort. Problem was that it wasn't the Radiator Drain plug. It was the plug for the Transmission coolant line which natural has TRANSMISSION fluid in it, not radiator coolant. I pulled the Transmission coolant plug out instead of the Radiator drain plug, freaked out when i saw black and thought the worst. Come to find out my 1996 ford escort doesn't have a plug; it has a valve you turn and it's at THE OTHER END OF THE RADIATOR, LOL. I got the 2 thing mixed up. Next time i need to read my Haynes book before assuming anything.
So, actually my Radiator fluid turned out fine. Well, it did has some junk in it because that thing apparently hasn't been flushed in a while. So, what was causing my over heating you ask...Well,The problem, which turned up after running a Radiator pressure test, turned out to be that my Radiator has 2 leaks. After inspecting it, I found 2 leaks underneath the radiator seeping through.I also made sure it wasn't coming from the hosing and just trickling to the bottom instead. My Radiator looks little rusted in some spots so It's time for a new one anyway. $90 for a new radiator and I'll put it in this weekend.
So, in closing. When doing work on your vehicle, ALWAYS I mean ALWAYS read the manual. Thank you LORD that all i did was just take off the Valve cover instead of tearing the whole top of the engine off, assuming it was a blown head gasket. oh well, $17 for the valve gasket but A WHOLE lot of wasted time that could have been using fixing the real problem.
Honestly, I'm glad It happened. I learned more about my car then i would have if i didn't think it was a Blown Head gasket. In a way, I was kinda looking forward to ripping the top of the engine off so I could learn something new. I'm the type of person that loves doing stuff like that so as to learn a new skill and solving the problems that come up on the way.
Again...READ, READ, READ the Manual before you assume anything because your assumption can be way off. Thanks guys.
Oh wait... I still have a Radiator to put in...I'm sure I'll be back. 
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