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Just a question that I thought about after my experience today. I'd like to say that I do not need anyone telling me I probably overheated my engine, because I didn't (well I'm 99% sure..). Having said that, I drove the car a little bit after flushing the coolant for the first time (planning to do a couple more flushes), and when the thermostat opened, it chugged a bunch of coolant at once. I opened the hood and saw it was below the sensor, but still not ridiculously low. I drove back home slowly for no more than 1 mile, that's it. When I went to add coolant after a few minutes to let things cool, the coolant (water) level was low, but still above the expansion tank hose to the engine...Anyways, all is fine, but I'll make sure this never happens to me again.
Back to my question: How long must you drive, and how low must the coolant really be for an engine to overheat? Is this something that happens in a matter of minutes? Just curious. I assume in my case I was lucky that the level was still above the hose to the engine.
Thanks Saabers.
posted by 65.94.120...
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bender
2001 9-3 Viggen Laser Red 5 door 48k miles
2000 9-3 SE Midnight Blue 5 door (Sold)
Posts in this Thread:
- Question about how long for engine overheating (long), bender , Fri, 22 May 2009 17:59:47 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: Question about how long for engine overheating (long), SWEDECAR , Sat, 23 May 2009 08:19:34
- Real Data from my Experience, ChipJ, Sat, 23 May 2009 06:52:55
- Re: Question about how long for engine overheating (long), jp498, Fri, 22 May 2009 18:26:33
- Re: Question about how long for engine overheating (long), Rich, Fri, 22 May 2009 18:22:50
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