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Real easy to ruin engine thermostat?
I have a v-6 mitsubishi that burst a hose.
It was brought home and was smoking hot. After forty minutes of trying, I can't get any water into the block. All the engine wants to do is get hot. Do thermostats get ruined after being subjected to high heat--no coolant situations? |
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Real easy to ruin engine thermostat?
geo pearl wrote:
> I have a v-6 mitsubishi that burst a hose. > > It was brought home and was smoking hot. > After forty minutes of trying, > I can't get any water into the block. All > the engine wants to do is get hot. > > Do thermostats get ruined after being subjected > to high heat--no coolant situations? If it got hot enough to smoke the oil/grease the engine is junk. If you tried to add any coolant when it was hot then it is not even worth trying to save. The block and heads will be warped and cracked. -- Steve W. |
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Real easy to ruin engine thermostat?
On Saturday, October 20, 2012 9:37:00 PM UTC-5, geo pearl wrote:
> I have a v-6 mitsubishi that burst a hose. > > > > It was brought home and was smoking hot. > > After forty minutes of trying, > > I can't get any water into the block. All > > the engine wants to do is get hot. > > > > Do thermostats get ruined after being subjected > > to high heat--no coolant situations? i CAN SEE IT: CHEAP stat, fake maybe. There are fake airbags, too. |
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Real easy to ruin engine thermostat?
"geo pearl" > wrote in message
... >I have a v-6 mitsubishi that burst a hose. > > It was brought home and was smoking hot. > After forty minutes of trying, > I can't get any water into the block. All > the engine wants to do is get hot. > > Do thermostats get ruined after being subjected > to high heat--no coolant situations? An overheat condition may have resulted from a stuck thermostat which has failed to open and not vice-versa. |
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Real easy to ruin engine thermostat?
"Tegger" > wrote in message
... > geo pearl > wrote in news:b49b0c88-df2e-4c55-9c49- > : >> >> Do thermostats get ruined after being subjected >> to high heat--no coolant situations? > > No, but head gaskets do. A thermostat might have failed during ANY condition. > You've blown one or both of yours. No condition or evidence whatsoever was presented or described that would render that assessment to be anything more than the most rank of amateur guesses. |
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Real easy to ruin engine thermostat?
"Steve W." > wrote in message
... > geo pearl wrote: >> I have a v-6 mitsubishi that burst a hose. >> >> It was brought home and was smoking hot. >> After forty minutes of trying, I can't get any water into the block. All >> the engine wants to do is get hot. Do thermostats get ruined after being >> subjected >> to high heat--no coolant situations? > > If it got hot enough to smoke the oil/grease the engine is junk. > If you tried to add any coolant when it was hot then it is not even worth > trying to save. The block and heads will be > warped and cracked. MAY be warped and/or cracked, but HARDLY a certainty, particularly given the dearth of pertinent information provided. |
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Real easy to ruin engine thermostat?
On Oct 21, 11:38*am, "None" > wrote:
> > An overheat condition may have resulted from a stuck > thermostat which has failed to open and not vice-versa. Sure it can. A t-stat stuck open (or of too low a temp.) can let the water flow through the radiator too fast to sufficiently cool. ----- - gpsman |
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Real easy to ruin engine thermostat?
On 10/21/2012 08:42 AM, None wrote:
> "Steve > wrote in message > ... >> geo pearl wrote: >>> I have a v-6 mitsubishi that burst a hose. >>> >>> It was brought home and was smoking hot. >>> After forty minutes of trying, I can't get any water into the block. All >>> the engine wants to do is get hot. Do thermostats get ruined after being >>> subjected >>> to high heat--no coolant situations? >> >> If it got hot enough to smoke the oil/grease the engine is junk. >> If you tried to add any coolant when it was hot then it is not even worth >> trying to save. The block and heads will be >> warped and cracked. > > MAY be warped and/or cracked, but HARDLY a certainty, > particularly given the dearth of pertinent information provided. you have your proboscis stuck up your ass again book boy - "smoking hot" and "can't get any water into the block" is the /wealth/ of information you need to know this motor is badly damaged and probably not repairable. as for your other post on thermostat failure modes, they are not limited to being open or closed. and whether or not overheating results from being closed is again not a given. some cooling systems use a bypass flow design - like honda. thermostat failure in such a system can result in overheating because it's no longer providing closure of the bypass circuit - it's "too open" and failing to provide the closure needed on the bypass. besides, you've missed the single most important clue of all - this guy posted on 10/4 with symptoms of head gasket failure. he's clearly been continuing to drive it in this condition, and direct combustion pressure into the cooling system is what blew his hose - thermostat is a red herring. -- fact check required |
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Real easy to ruin engine thermostat?
On 10/20/2012 07:36 PM, geo pearl wrote:
> I have a v-6 mitsubishi that burst a hose. > > It was brought home and was smoking hot. > After forty minutes of trying, > I can't get any water into the block. All > the engine wants to do is get hot. > > Do thermostats get ruined after being subjected > to high heat--no coolant situations? buddy, you ruined your ship for a ha'p'orth of tar. you posted before with head gasket failure symptoms, but ignored the advice given. if you'd got it fixed back then, the engine would likely have been repairable. now, it's almost certainly junk. $150 for diagnostics vs. $3000 for a new motor... easy math for most. -- fact check required |
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Real easy to ruin engine thermostat?
On 10/21/2012 08:40 AM, None wrote:
> > wrote in message > ... >> geo > wrote in news:b49b0c88-df2e-4c55-9c49- >> : >>> >>> Do thermostats get ruined after being subjected >>> to high heat--no coolant situations? >> >> No, but head gaskets do. > > A thermostat might have failed during ANY condition. > >> You've blown one or both of yours. > > No condition or evidence whatsoever was presented > or described that would render that assessment to be > anything more than the most rank of amateur guesses. what is failure to bother to read previous posts about the same vehicle? clue: it's not rank amateur guessing. -- fact check required |
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