Damn freaking metro!!!
08-24-2009, 07:27 AM
#1
Damn freaking metro!!!
I've been in denial for the last month about my Geo Metro having a blown head gasket. One day it got really hot on the freeway (100+ outside, a/c full blast). I pulled over well before it maxed out & let it cool down. It had puked out coolant from the over flow so I added some water & limped home. Since then, every time I drive it on the freeway, it will puke all it's coolant out the overflow. I did a compression test, all 3 are fine. Spark plugs look fine. Flushed radiator, flows fine, fins fine. No white exhaust smoke, no chugging, just bubbles in the coolant. I have even flushed the cooling system & changed the coolant twice. With new coolant it's much more stable, but as soon as the thermostat opens, the coolant bubbles in the radiator & finally boils over. All I can think of is that there's a pinhole in the head gasket which is pushing compressed air from a cylinder into a coolant passage.
On the bright side, while I'll be wrenching away on it in the garage, I will be jamming to internet tunes on my new garage computer.
I just need to build a wifi antenna....
On the bright side, while I'll be wrenching away on it in the garage, I will be jamming to internet tunes on my new garage computer.
I just need to build a wifi antenna....
08-24-2009, 09:55 AM
#5
I'm a Registered User!
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Have you tried replacing the radiator cap? Our jimmy would constantly just boil over the coolant whenever we drove it on a hot day... but it wouldn't over heat. We replaced the coolant cap and walla! I guess it wasn't holding the pressure which helps raise the boiling temperature.
08-24-2009, 10:58 AM
#7
Pro Pumpkin Carver
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Oakland Cali-****en-fornia
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Low oil maybe? That seems to be a common culprit for overheating with these miracles of engineering. Why not see what the pros think . . .
http://geometroforum.com/site/
http://geometroforum.com/site/
08-24-2009, 03:42 PM
#11
Nissans Purist
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Bountiful, Utah.
Posts: 119
That is retarded. Plain and simple. I would have called the cops on you if I saw you doing that crap near my neighborhood.
08-24-2009, 09:14 PM
#13
eff good grammar
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Deadford OR
Posts: 1,578
its not like its difficult to work on, quit yer bitchin and pull that motor.
just out of curisoity could you weigh the motor? i always wondered how much a 3 cyl weighed in one of those, i dont think its light, i hear they have cylinder walls like the great wall of china
just out of curisoity could you weigh the motor? i always wondered how much a 3 cyl weighed in one of those, i dont think its light, i hear they have cylinder walls like the great wall of china
08-26-2009, 12:10 AM
#14
Ruff Ryder
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08-26-2009, 09:43 AM
#17
w0rld's l0ngest m0t0rswap
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Torrance, CA
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yeah dude!! yesterday i saw a seven year old an i arm wrestled him but after i won i just beat the **** out of him for fun!!
08-26-2009, 12:35 PM
#18
Intrawebz Wizard
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08-26-2009, 12:52 PM
#19
This facepalm's for you!
Join Date: Aug 2008
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ever been stuck with a really obnoxious 8yr old? but you think you cant hit him cuz hes 8.
just lay that little **** out with a right hook.
its the same level of satisfaction as beating a metro in a race
but its all cool, your not a ***** for beating up kids, he started it
08-26-2009, 02:28 PM
#21
Ruff Ryder
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Location: palm desert
Posts: 6,140
08-26-2009, 02:53 PM
#22
3cyl FTW!
