Hey yall reaching out looking for advice and help been kicking myself for not doing this when I bought the car but sadly didnt run a compression test so call me a newb🫠. Anyways believe got two main issues with the car!


Issue 1: To me this sounds like an obvious issue n easy to fix, when the car was able to startup/run it would get up to its normal temp but then immediately spits out all its coolant in the top half right out the overflow line seems my thermostat is stuck or just is dead but please correct or lead me in the right direction.

Issue 2: Took the car out for about a 15mile drive but devastation happened on this drive.... Got on highway went into the left lane was going about 65-70 mph then all the sudden power was lost but lights remained on and I just heard the engine bogging down like it wasn't receiving fuel maybe as to why it turned itself off? Temp gauge was only getting to its normal spot when this occurred didnt have any lights on the dash until this issue.

Please please help me out I've been beating myself up on this car, it has been sitting for 3-4 months now. Kinda have the engine bay in pieces just waiting on the parts Ive ordered to install n make the series 1 better. Do have a compression tester getting delivered Monday so will be running compression then.

 

Coolant overpressure is either a bad rad cap, or a coolant seal failure. Start the car cold with the rad cap off, and see if there are bubbles in the overflow. If so, its new engine time. If not, you can do a chemical block test of the coolant to confirm. Do you know what coolant is in there? What colour is it?

 

Thanks for the response Loki! Gotta hope its just the rad cap oh lordy really appreciate the information. Coolant is green!