when im stoped at a light my car starts to over heat and when i get on the gas and let the turbo spool up itll go back to normal i changed the anti freeze with 50/50 cause i live in fl now but i jus got a new water pump if its not hooked up rite would that do it :beer:

60 water/40 antifreeze will be the best cooling for your area. Water actually cools significantly better as compared to antifreeze. but water is more corrosive..


if it does get hot quick, check your water pump. the impeller may not be spinning quick enough to pull enough coolant through the engine. also, might as well check your thermostat.

also, check your electric fan on the radiator. Does it come on at all?

sound like an air bubble in the cooling system. Did you bleed the whole system

This happened to me, after bleeding the cooling system the problem went away. I noticed it while getting my smog test. When it would heat up we would have to rev the engine a bit then the temp would drop back down to normal...

Hope this helps - dont take my word for it though im still a noob :)

you may have a block somewhere within the system. you should do a flush. hahah i'm running all water and redline water wetter. :grin:

Flush the system and check the water pump... not sure how but check it. maybe Beeker will enlighten the general public. :57:

coolant
water pump
fans
t-stat
hoses
radiator
cap
aslo check front end for anything that might block the work of the radiator

check all the above

Well I do have my momments of brilliance B) But this isnt one of them :imsorry:

For me I just opened up my radiator cap made sure there was coolant, in the radiator and the overflow... then let it run for a while having my wife run it at 2K. After it warmed up I continued to watch it and filling it as needed....

Ever since shes been good...

But it sounds like your issue is more in depth than mine

I do have a question:

If you give it gas while its just sitting there does it go down as well or only when you get going? (dont have a turbo so I am not sure if thats implied when you said let the turbo spool up)

One of my prior cars had an exhaust leak and it was causing the car to overheat while i was sitting still but once I got going the air would push the hot exhaust away from the engine... Long shot but another thing to add to the bottom of the list... Good Luck

I had a car that would over heat about twice a week for about a month. Then the radiator took a dump on me.

preciate the help and tips...yea when im sitting still itll over heat and if i give it gas like letting the turbo spool itll go down,,so when i flush it i jus open the drain plug then keep poring water threw it intill its clean then add the correct amount and thanx for the ratio i was wondering what it was for awhile...i jus had a full fromt the turbo all the way to the end exshuast 3 incher so i dont think its leaking my shop did it for me for 200 but neway ill let my car cool down before working on that but ill b sure to repost if i find wat went wrong...

You need to catch the engine coolant and dispose of it. It is toxic and will kill any pets you may have. I got it in a cut once and ended up in the hospital because it got in my blood.

It is also slippery as ***.

i changed my thermostate and it works fine now and my old one was stuck oopen but thanks for the help it help