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Onelove5683
10-22-2006, 01:41 AM
can someone please help me figure this out. my temp guage is going to hot now for the first time. it used to settle just below the mid line without moving. and it doesnt overheat. oh yeah and the fan kicks on now, which it never used to... but it doesnt stay on after i shut the car off like some older cars.

40k miles, never checked coolant or water or whatever...

what you guys think?
Munky
10-22-2006, 01:46 AM
I think you should check your coolant, oil, and everything else regularly, or else you're asking for trouble.
evan938
10-22-2006, 01:49 AM
change the antifreeze, see if that helps..if not, i think someone said the thermostat is like <20$
mayollo072R
10-22-2006, 01:52 AM
Hey man, my car blows the radiator because I didn't change the thremosthat when I was supposed to. Check your coolant, change it, flush it. If that don't solve the problem. You will have to check other small things like the radiator cap, the coolant temp sensor (if the car is not hot but the gauge says it is), hoses, fan relays, etc. The water pump can't be damaged yet.
Onelove5683
10-23-2006, 10:53 PM
well it appears there is barely no coolant in it...

is this normal? and do you think i totally f'ed anything up driving like this for the past week? the weather is cool here and it hasnt shut off or made any noises.

anyone else do a dumb thing like this??? im worried, should i trade my car :\
jayupark
10-23-2006, 10:55 PM
uh... put some coolant in?
Onelove5683
10-25-2006, 11:18 AM
uh... yeah i did.

i guess there is a leak where the hose is connected to the motor. because the coolant is all caked up around that area.

should i have hyundai tow it in or drive it in? ive been driving it, but i dont want them to say i voided anything...
BIGROB
10-25-2006, 11:21 AM
maybe u got a bad hose. try tightening the clamps, or gettin a new hose.
yamaha
10-25-2006, 11:24 AM
I would check the hose clamps on all of the hoses. One may be loose. Also, Hyundai lines are horrid, they can get hairline cracks like nothing.
evan938
10-25-2006, 12:37 PM
i never had problem w/ lines, just when i messed w/ the clamps to turn the hose away from the header did i ever get a leak

take some water and a tooth brush and just clean the white caked up coolant away, and put a new clamp on. you shouldnt have a problem then
Onelove5683
10-26-2006, 01:24 PM
today hyundai replaced the upper hose, thermostat, and replaced the coolant. yay. all for free.

now who thinks i ****ed my ride up from driving it between the middle line and the hot line for a week.
hyunelan2
10-26-2006, 01:42 PM
As long as you didn't overheat it, running it hotter than usual for a week shouldn't have hurt anything other than what's already been changed.
KeWLKaT
10-26-2006, 05:53 PM
exactly. if your head gasket didn't explode, well, you're good to go.
WytchDctr
10-26-2006, 07:08 PM
whats with the clamp on the upper hose on our cars? Mine leaked back 40k miles ago, lol
KeWLKaT
10-26-2006, 07:19 PM
i gotta replace min with some nice tbolt clamps or something
Onelove5683
10-26-2006, 09:28 PM
im so relieved to have this fixed, and my car seems to be riding so nice now!

except its acting weird going into 1st gear now, i think the guy ****ed it up!
cobase
10-26-2006, 10:16 PM
My car popped a coolant hose off the radiator and leaked all the coolant overnight. I didn't notice the gauge at the "HOT" end until a few miles later merging into an interstate. I immediately pulled over and let it cool (I didn't know it was totally out of coolant yet) and I drove back home one mile at a time, stopping to let it cool back to normal before continuing. That was the first week I had the car, 3.5 years and 56,000mi ago.

There's your break-in procedure right there...
06elantra
10-28-2006, 04:26 AM
My car popped a coolant hose off the radiator and leaked all the coolant overnight. I didn't notice the gauge at the "HOT" end until a few miles later merging into an interstate. I immediately pulled over and let it cool (I didn't know it was totally out of coolant yet) and I drove back home one mile at a time, stopping to let it cool back to normal before continuing. That was the first week I had the car, 3.5 years and 56,000mi ago.

There's your break-in procedure right there...

didnt you pop the bonnet there to see if anything had come off the coolant lines? or just sat and waited for it to cool.. then drove on without checking? ...

*gets back in box*
cobase
10-28-2006, 08:19 PM
I've no idea - the car was brand new, and I think nothing was leaking by then because the coolant was totally gone. But yes, the correct thing to do would've been to check the coolant level, or call Roadside Assistance and wait, or otherwise not be a dumbass and try to drive it. But it worked out somehow.