Things Can Never Go Well, Can They?

[dependonyou]

AWA post is postponed briefly, just because I'm not in a good enough mood to talk about the awesome that was had. Instead, today's programming is brought to you by the letter F (for fail) and the number five billion

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[cassandramorgan]

HAPPINESS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtwPcCmPkaM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTxAH6toz_I

[dependonyou]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

[cassandramorgan]

GACKT IS THE CURE FOR ALL SADNESS!!

Well, unless your sadness is love-related then he's not so good since a lot of his songs are "WAH MY CHICK LEFT ME" type songs....unless listening to those types would make you happy because then Gackt would be single and available and yummy.....

^_^

[dependonyou]

Hehehehehhehehe...

[memoryanddream]

Did you check to make sure you had enough coolant? That's first, oil being low is second. Hrm. See, my car is notorious for overheating. The whole model year has had problems. So for us, it's been everything from coolant, oil, fan motor dying, to head gasket failure. It's damned hard to get a car a distance when it's overheating, so be careful.

[annaonthemoon]

That's my thought too. Check the coolant level and add more coolant first. Although, if your oil is low and not enough oil is getting into the engine, that will cause it to overheat too. Check your oil dip stick and add some oil if it's low, at least until you can get it completely changed out.

[dependonyou]

Another friend suggested it might be that my oil filter is so gunked up that oil can't get through. Since I haven't been getting my oil changes, do you think that's a possibility too, even if my oil isn't low?

[annaonthemoon]

How long has it been (time and mileage) since the last change? Those filters CAN get pretty clogged up, and if the oil can't get through it to get to the engine, then yeah, you'd have overheating.

So I'd check the coolant level first (it's usually located on the passenger side of the engine, it's a big plastic thing and there's a "fill line" marked on the outside of it), and then the oil level. If the oil level is okay, I'd still go get the oil changed by your friend before taking it in to a mechanic, because all they'll do is charge you a tonne of money to tell you "oh, your oil filter was too clogged" or "yep, low coolant".

[fluffyluggage]

Well, having had some experience with said auto problems, my guess is one of 2 things, and it's not related to oil. Probably either thermostat problem, which is really cheap to fix, or a problem with the radiator or overflow from radiator. Overflow from radiator=easy, probably cheap fix. Radiator problem=maybe cheap, maybe not cheap fix? Take water with you when you go, and check the overflow from the radiator in your engine. If you fill it frequently while you are driving, if the engine starts to heat up, you may be able to keep it cooler and avoid damage, too. I don't know if they mentioned that, but it could help. Most people use antifreeze whole, but my husband is a mechanic, and he recommends to use it half and half with water, don't know why, but he could tell you. Good luck!

[annaonthemoon]

Depends on the brand of antifreeze you get. most mixtures come pre-mixed now, as far as I can tell.

[dependonyou]

Okay, so how do I check the overflow from the radiator... and how do I know if it's a thermostat problem? O.O Thermostat, like, the darned thing just stopped working and started saying it's hotter than it is, or am I misunderstanding?

[fluffyluggage]

Unfortunately, you won't be able to check it at home, but yeah, basically it stops working, and then the engine thinks it's overheating, when it may not be. You gotta get it to a good mechanic. Either way, it sucks. There is an overflow from the radiator, you usually can see the box coming from the radiator. It has obvious cables or whatever coming from the radiator. It should be full of water. It's up near or next to your radiator. It should pretty much stay full of water. When the engine overheats, usually it'll suck that right into the radiator, so if it's staying full, it's a pretty good bet, the radiator isn't allowing the engine to overheat, and it may just be the thermostat fuckin up. That's why taking water along will help keep it cool, and you can refill the overflow. This is all according to my hubby (caveat: if I understand him correctly), who is a mechanic, and worked in the military, so I do trust him. *shrugs* That's about all I really know. Good luck to you, though. Hope you make it ok! :) Hope that helps at least some

[mobobocita]

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation

Funniest review of things ever! As a friends said, it's like the Masterpiece theater guy downed a ton of espresso and then reviewed things with funny basic graphics.

[dependonyou]

Niiiiiiiiiiice... Damn he talks fast.

[mobobocita]

*giggle* That's why he's zeropunctuation *grin*