[V8] Was: Replacing the thermostat Is now: 1990 V8Q for sale.

[John Bysinger]

Thanks everyone for the tips, changing out the thermostat was actually
pretty easy.  However, it turns out that was just a symptom.  The problem
is the water pump.  Unfortunately that means timing belt, and I'm at 55k on
the belt, so it needs done too.  Also recently the high pressure line from
the power steering pump is also gone, I just had to replace 2 tires within
a month one from hitting a down branch, the other a blowout from what looks
like a cut from something I drove over.  And the window switch / wiring
issue has reared it's head too.

I think it's time for me to retire the car.  It's got 170k-ish on the
clock, dark blue, grey leather.  Up until the water pump she still pulled
strong with the typical cold puff of smoke pulling away from a stop.  Euro
headlights fused and relayed.  S4 style (no name) 18" rims, front rubber is
new, rear has 40%ish left.  Front suspension needs work too.  Body is
mostly straight, it rear ended a camry 4 years ago at low speed which
pushed in the bumper and broke the headlights (which was when I converted
to Euros), bumper supports were replaced, but it's still about 1/2 out of
square.  Blower motor replaced 5 years ago, new gaskets on the master
cylinder last year.

Would make a great parts car, or could be brought back to life if someone
wanted to invest the time.

Car is in the Seattle, WA area, asking $2k but am open to negotiation with
listers.  If it doesn't sell here I'll probably put it on craigslist in a
month.

I'm sad, but we've had the car for 7 years, and thanks to everyone here,
it's been fun and not the nightmare I was told it could be.  But don't
count me out, I may come back if the unicorn 5sp/4.2/black '94 crosses my
path down the road. :)  Thanks to everyone here who helped when I asked,
and who's own problems and discussions were archived in my email over the
years for me to search.

-John Bysinger
1990 V8Q, now for sale.

On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 10:35 PM, John Bysinger <doog at bysinger.net> wrote:

> Tomorrow I'm picking up a new thermostat for our '90/3.6L V8Q.  Over the
> weekend she ran a little hot (125C on the dash guage, oil temp never
> wavered), and hasn't wanted to run back at the normal temps since.  Coolant
> was low, but I don't know if that was before it overheated or because it
> did overheat.  The pressure relief cap on the reserve tank under the hood
> was doing it's job and venting over pressure in the system.  This kind of
> symptom on other cars I've owned has always been a stuck thermostat.  But
> there's always great advice here, so I thought I would check in to see if
> there's anything I'm missing, or any advice on replacing the thermostat, I
> checked my email archives from here and it seems to match the symptoms.  It
> seems a fairly straight forward procedure, right on the passenger side
> front of the block.  Any tips are welcome.
>
> Conditions when it overheated were very low stress, I was driving to a
> tire shop on the spare so I was taking it very easy.  45MPH on a
> straight/flat, about 15 minutes down the road from a cold start at home.
>  Once I got it home, first thing I checked was the auxiliary fan, since
> I've had to replace it's fusible link before.  No issues, runs through it's
> cycles fine, including hurricane simulation speed, and does kick on when
> the temp climbs above normal.
>
> As always, Thanks!
>
> -John
> 1990 V8Q
> john at bysinger.net
>



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