M
Midwestern Girl
Guest
I have a 1994 Chevy Lumina sedan and am having issues. Two days ago the heat gage got into the red. My landlord's dad who was doing some yard work next door and the man helping him looked at my car. It had only a little coolant in it and no water in the radiator and the second fan wasn't kicking on. I don't have any coolant with me so they added water to the coolant reservoir and then they added water to the radiator. After a few hours I drove it around my neighborhood for 20 minutes or so. It would get up to the 3/4 mark on the heat gage and then go back down to the 1/2 mark. I drove it a few miles in town yesterday and it did just fine. I've decided not the run the AC the rest of the summer because that is what they suggested. I got outside today to go to a dr.'s appt and the light came on for low coolant and didn't go off. I turned the car off and turned it back on and it came on again and once again didn't go off. (cont'd below)
I looked at the coolant reservoir and it is between the cold and hot mark those guys showed me that it should be at. They said that if I was still having problems that the thermostat might be stuck or it may need a new head on it. I am clueless, just completely clueless, about cars...as if it isn't obvious! I don't really know anyone to help me, I'm in my late twenties, live alone, a student, and on a fixed income. I have no idea what to do! My landlord's dad said that if I was still having problems to call him and he knew a guy that is really good with cars and is super reasonable. Should I call him or what? I'm really worried about my car...I don't have the money to get it fixed but there is no way on earth I have the money to even make little car payments on another. This one is paid off and I barely am covering expenses like it is. HELP!!!
Yeah, I just ran it for 5 minutes idling and it got up the the 3/4 mark and kept climbing then the hot light came on and I shut it off immediately. I'm not driving it anywhere and I just left a message on my landlord's dad's answering machine to please get a hold of that guy for me to fix my car.
I looked at the coolant reservoir and it is between the cold and hot mark those guys showed me that it should be at. They said that if I was still having problems that the thermostat might be stuck or it may need a new head on it. I am clueless, just completely clueless, about cars...as if it isn't obvious! I don't really know anyone to help me, I'm in my late twenties, live alone, a student, and on a fixed income. I have no idea what to do! My landlord's dad said that if I was still having problems to call him and he knew a guy that is really good with cars and is super reasonable. Should I call him or what? I'm really worried about my car...I don't have the money to get it fixed but there is no way on earth I have the money to even make little car payments on another. This one is paid off and I barely am covering expenses like it is. HELP!!!
Yeah, I just ran it for 5 minutes idling and it got up the the 3/4 mark and kept climbing then the hot light came on and I shut it off immediately. I'm not driving it anywhere and I just left a message on my landlord's dad's answering machine to please get a hold of that guy for me to fix my car.