Hi guys,
on friday i was cleaning my engine bay, and i moved the coolant reservoir to where the radiator fan is to be able to tighten a loose bolt that holds the fuse box, and somehow i forgot to put it back in place, so i closed the hood, and then i went for a drive the next day...on my way back from the drive, i noticed the engine feels rough, like it's loosing compression, and then smoke started to come out from under the hood...i was going uphill at that time, so i paniced, and stopped the car, switched off the engine and opened the hood imediately...there i saw that tha fan had forced it's way off the radiator fan motor, thus the radiator was overheating, and coolant was flying everywhere from the reservoir...
The next day i checked for coolant leaks on the radiator, i checked the oil cap, i ran the engine to see if it smokes and i saw nothing...so i replaced only the fan on my radiator, and top up the coolant in the system, and everything seems to be working fine...but after a test run, i noticed that whenever i would go uphill, or start to boost, the heat rises up way faster than before the incident happened, yet it cools down very quickly when i go downhill...so i'm really worried here, do i have a thermostat problem, or a headgasket leak somewhere, because when this happens, the engine runs a bit rough all of a sudden, and engine check light goes on...what could possibly be the problem from the description i've provided?...
Your contributions would be greatly appreciated,
thanks in advance,
cheers :rockon:
on friday i was cleaning my engine bay, and i moved the coolant reservoir to where the radiator fan is to be able to tighten a loose bolt that holds the fuse box, and somehow i forgot to put it back in place, so i closed the hood, and then i went for a drive the next day...on my way back from the drive, i noticed the engine feels rough, like it's loosing compression, and then smoke started to come out from under the hood...i was going uphill at that time, so i paniced, and stopped the car, switched off the engine and opened the hood imediately...there i saw that tha fan had forced it's way off the radiator fan motor, thus the radiator was overheating, and coolant was flying everywhere from the reservoir...
The next day i checked for coolant leaks on the radiator, i checked the oil cap, i ran the engine to see if it smokes and i saw nothing...so i replaced only the fan on my radiator, and top up the coolant in the system, and everything seems to be working fine...but after a test run, i noticed that whenever i would go uphill, or start to boost, the heat rises up way faster than before the incident happened, yet it cools down very quickly when i go downhill...so i'm really worried here, do i have a thermostat problem, or a headgasket leak somewhere, because when this happens, the engine runs a bit rough all of a sudden, and engine check light goes on...what could possibly be the problem from the description i've provided?...
Your contributions would be greatly appreciated,
thanks in advance,
cheers :rockon: