So I recently purchased an 03, 116k miles, completely stock. Guy I bought it from said the water pump and thermostat had just been changed but the temp kept creeping up on him. After I purchased it I started doing my research on the car (my first time owning/working on one) and found the burping procedure and did it. Car ran fine without over heating for a few days with no issues; no over heating, no lost coolant.
I decided to drive it to work on Mondayv such is a 45 minute drive just to see how the cooling did on a longer drive. Just as I was pulling in the parking lot it started getting hot so I shut it off and popped the hood and had coolant puking out of the reservoir cap. More research pointed me to the caps and tank being an ongoing issue. Replaced the cap/burped again that afternoon and drove it around with no issues of running hot.
I had also been having issues with some stumbling or misfires ubeer any boost. Pulled the plugs and checked them, the gaps we way too big, so I got new plugs, gapped them to 0.35. Also did a compression check while I was doing this and it was good also. Drove it around, runs like a beast now. No stumbling at all.
Take it to work this morning and did a third gear pull, ran good, then I start smelling coolant. Pull over, pop the hood, nothing blew out of the cap, but the damn hose from the reservoir to the thermostat housing blew off. I'm obviously getting a lot of pressure in the cooling system. No signs of oil in coolant/coolant in oil. No white smoke. Engine runs strong. All plugs looked good. I'm at a loss right now.
I decided to drive it to work on Mondayv such is a 45 minute drive just to see how the cooling did on a longer drive. Just as I was pulling in the parking lot it started getting hot so I shut it off and popped the hood and had coolant puking out of the reservoir cap. More research pointed me to the caps and tank being an ongoing issue. Replaced the cap/burped again that afternoon and drove it around with no issues of running hot.
I had also been having issues with some stumbling or misfires ubeer any boost. Pulled the plugs and checked them, the gaps we way too big, so I got new plugs, gapped them to 0.35. Also did a compression check while I was doing this and it was good also. Drove it around, runs like a beast now. No stumbling at all.
Take it to work this morning and did a third gear pull, ran good, then I start smelling coolant. Pull over, pop the hood, nothing blew out of the cap, but the damn hose from the reservoir to the thermostat housing blew off. I'm obviously getting a lot of pressure in the cooling system. No signs of oil in coolant/coolant in oil. No white smoke. Engine runs strong. All plugs looked good. I'm at a loss right now.
