09-09-2013, 03:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Indy
How likely is overheating going to happen during winter? With normal city/suburban driving and the car does not get to see the red line much either (I know I'm a bit of a pansy babying it, but it's a keeper for me and I would like to run into these problems as infrequently as possible, hence why this has come as sort of a surprise).
Oh, and with regards to overheating due to coolant loss, I literally noticed it, then pulled up as quick as I could, with oil and coolant temps both well within operating temperatures, temps were around 100 C for oil (212 F) and half way for coolant when the coolant hose gave way.
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Oil temp and coolant temp and engine being too hot to burn a gasket don't have that much to do with each other, while YES you did prevent the car from seizing by pulling over quickly, the head gasket probably got too hot because the coolant drained from the top of the motor. And I don't think the overheating caused the gasket or the hose to break, I think it was a fluke that the hose broke and the head just got a bit hot and killed the gasket. I wouldn't worry at all
Hope that made sense, and if it is being covered, I wouldn't worry. As for the car being fixed, I'd say to give it a week or so. While the engine is out, do whatever mods you want, because that's a LOT of labor.
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