[silverstang]

well i had just left the car wash spraying off those nasty black bugs we got flying around here, and took off down the road, only to get about a mile and notice my temp gauge on FUCKING HOT. yea thats right, not just hot, it was fucking hot.........so i immedietly kill the car, coast to the side of the road and call my buddy who was in front of me. well anyways, before i keep rambling on and on and on, im 99% sure i blew a damn head gasket. Keep in mind, its dark outside so i cant diagnose it really well, but we let her set a while and FINALLY got the cap off the coolant jug, (it was under LOTS of pressure, not good).........put a little water in the car, cranked it up, and the water got sucked down, which rules out the damn water pump pretty much. great, right when i was getting back under my feet finance wise, about to buy some nitrous, this shit happens.........oh well im done ranting.

[1FUN4RD]

Sounds like love bugs

[usafimj]

dang sorry to hear that. All will be good in time

[qwik48r]

one question:

at idle does your car make a humming noise?

sorry about your luck.... hope the deck and heads are still true..

[silverstang]

yea it is love bugs........

qwik48r, my car is too damn noisy with those thumper cams and loud exhaust to hear a humming noise lol

[silverstang]

hell im a diesel mechanic, i know a little about these mustangs (enough to slap an engine in one in a few hours) and do all my own installs (cams, etc, etc) but im not too good trying to diagnose one of these things. but theres not that much that could be wrong, i highly doubt the thermostat is stuck, but hell you never know. im still going to lean towards head gasket.

anyone else wanna chime in on what they think????

[07 STROKER]

if a head gasket went you will be burning white smoke and it will smell sweet....look at your exhaust

[silverstang]

no white smoke i already checked that, and it depends on WHERE the headgasket is blown, it might not be getting into the cylinders, might be external leak.

[1FUN4RD]

It can leak into the oil to.. check the oil, is it milky looking?

[07 STROKER]

if its goin in the oil it will be creamy white....the oil that is...or if its external you ll see it on the ground

[07 STROKER]

damn you funford!

[silverstang]

haha he beat you to it!!!

[silverstang]

oh yea the oil is good and clean guys.

[chad05gt]

Keep it simple; did you check to see if fans came on, you could have disconnected the fans.
It happened to me; for NO reason I can imagin. Driving down the road, HOT! dont know why, like you said, water pump ok.. it wasnt 'till the next day and I cooled down did I find my elec. fan had disconneded!

The high pressure water maybe could have done it....??

[07 STROKER]

i dont think your head gsaket is blown...stuck thermostat perhaps? start small i say

[silverstang]

im leaning towards Chads idea of the high pressure water at the car wash maybe doing something to my fans temporarily, because the car was running when i was spraying it down (didnt open the hood but i sprayed the grille out real good........i noticed the fans DID come on later after it cooled off...........
should the fans run with just the key on, engine off if the car is hot or not??

[07 STROKER]

no they dont run unless the engine is going

[Mickey]

you'll get it worked out bud...think positive. most likely it isnt as bad as you think

[silverstang]

this is gonna drive me CRAZY........i just went and drove the car for a while, no problems what so ever.........i even left it idling in a parking lot for about 30 minutes with no overheat problems.........also i got on her pretty good for about a 1/4 mile and no concerns. i guess i might have dodged a bullet here, hopefully i caught the overheat before it did any damage to the engine (im sure it didnt)

[ROUSH STAGE II]

I'd change that t-stat! From what I've read the '07's and up don't have 180* t-stat anyway...If you changed it I would put one in to help out between passes at the track. I've read the 05-06's already have 180* t-stat from the factory.