I wont even go into the dam exon valdiez oil leak ive seamed to acquire but where the hell is this jumpy temp gauge coming from. Air in the system, there is alittle leak. Weve had freezing temps. Someone mentioned frozen t-stat. I dont know if i have exactly a 50/50 mix in my cooling system anymore. Still heats up ok and defrosts ok. Where do i need to go from here:confused:

For starters, get one of those cheapy coolant testers with the little colored balls in a glass dropper.

Shouldn't cost more than two bucks @ your local MalWart.

That'll give you a ballpark range on your mix ratio

my shop!

Heated

65*f+ so says the thermometer next to the window

so if we were to tear into this thing, how long would it take to change out the water pump and whatever freekin oil gasket died

forever and a day

 

short guess = 2hr., probably longer

 

just about time for me to zzz

Yea hell man i dont know what to do with this thing. I guess start gathering parts and go from there. Waterpump and gaskets. Mickey Mouse gaskets, timeing belt tensioner. yada yada yada.

Edited December 17, 200817 yr by The Dude Abides

describe "jumpy". My dad's wagon would heat up on the guage, then plummet back down.

 

the t-stat was stuck in the open position. so if he came to a stop, the temp rose, then as soon as he started moving again is dropped drastically.

mine seems to be intermitent. It will climb up while im driveing but as its almost to the H part it goes back down to half. Im thinking sticky t stat. Miht as well get some other parts while im at it.

 

Whose got the subaru part number i need. Also im getting a waterpump while im at it. ea82 non turbo ac/car

 

Ben

Here's a few things that may cause a vary-ing temp gauge.

Low coolant

Intermitant grounding issue.

Fan inop.

Head Gasket failure

mine seems to be intermitent. It will climb up while im driveing but as its almost to the H part it goes back down to half. Im thinking sticky t stat. Miht as well get some other parts while im at it.

 

Whose got the subaru part number i need. Also im getting a waterpump while im at it. ea82 non turbo ac/car

 

Ben

 

Yep, sounds to me like a sticky thermostat.

 

I thought I had those part numbers, but I don't :-\

 

-Dave