Okay, I have the infamous Northstar engine, however it has new head gaskets; so for the moment I am ruling HG failure out.
This morning I put in regular fuel*not premium* for the first time since I've owned the car. Ironically then tonight is the first time it over heated.
I'll set up the scene though.
Car is outside, it was -6 degrees outside I didn't let the car warmup I just took off to Walmart and then I let the car stay on while I was in there for 5 minutes. I come out and notice that for the first time its little tac is over the middle. I have the heater on high and blowing and it takes me 5 minutes to get home and it kept getting hotter, but didn't go into the red line. The info center did read when I just got to my driveway that the "engine was hot, ac off" whatever that means. I turned off the car and it was smoking from my side. I popped the hood and it was all steam coming from the antifreeze container. It went away after about 10 minutes.
This just happened and its -10 out now so tonight I don't really feel like looking at it, but does anyone have any ideas for when I go out there for what to look for first? Thanks a lot.
This morning I put in regular fuel*not premium* for the first time since I've owned the car. Ironically then tonight is the first time it over heated.
I'll set up the scene though.
Car is outside, it was -6 degrees outside I didn't let the car warmup I just took off to Walmart and then I let the car stay on while I was in there for 5 minutes. I come out and notice that for the first time its little tac is over the middle. I have the heater on high and blowing and it takes me 5 minutes to get home and it kept getting hotter, but didn't go into the red line. The info center did read when I just got to my driveway that the "engine was hot, ac off" whatever that means. I turned off the car and it was smoking from my side. I popped the hood and it was all steam coming from the antifreeze container. It went away after about 10 minutes.
This just happened and its -10 out now so tonight I don't really feel like looking at it, but does anyone have any ideas for when I go out there for what to look for first? Thanks a lot.