raoulduke4247

When you say getting blown out of the radiator are you saying that it will shoot out like a geyser?

I had the creamy white residue on my oil cap too and was expecting to see an extremely off color oil when I emptied it. But the oil drained out and looked like drained oil should.

Another question that I have is regarding HG. When it first started overheating I was really worried that it was a HG. If you have a blown HG will there always be coolant in oil or oil in coolant?

I was actually just reading through a thread that was about radiators. What is the best way to test the radiator for clogs? Someone told me to undo the hoses and run water through the upper hose and see if the water coming out the lower hose is coming out at the same rate.

I've had my Loyale since April 2012. In this time the temperature gauge has always been below a quarter, for the exception of a camping trip that took me over Mt Hood. Just recently the temperature has been climbing up to half and even up to 3/4 when driving just short trips of a couple miles. I have been driving sparingly, just up to the store/school and back. When I park the car at home and if I let it run for just a minute before turning it off it appears that my temperature gauge starts to drop a little bit. I pulled out my thermostat and boiled it and it appears to be working as it should. I just drained my coolant and oil and it does not appear to be mixing together in either direction. I am not noticing any extreme loss of coolant. I am planning on pulling off the water pump to inspect it to make sure that it looks fine. and checking my radiator to make sure that there are no clogs. Does anyone have any other suggestions or helpful advise that they can offer? I love this car and don't want to let it go

I just had this same problem. I went to Jiffy Lube to get my oil changed before a road trip. When I got to my destination my 4wd would not work. I did notice on the way that the heater was only blowing out the vents. I figure that when they were taking the air filter out to check it that they knocked the hose loose.