engine temperature

Is your ac condensor fan working?

i dnt really know how cn i tell?

When the ac kicks off see if the ac condensor fan is on and blowing out alot of air.Also check the radiator and condensor for debris in the fins like sand etc.

ok

Keep me posted.

i will definitely keep ya posted.

im gne give you some feed back on my car n a lil bit but i wanna ask u a question cuz you real sharp, my friend has a 2000 dodge neon when she drives the car its always at normal temperature,but she says she just started noticing water or coolant boiling into the overflow after shutting the car off she got it scanned at autozone and they said she had a misfire at cylinder 1, let me know what u think

So sorry some how i didnt get a email alert saying you posted a response.Possibly your friends car gauge isnt reading correctly or she has a bad radiator cap not holding pressure.Does her radiator fan work?

she said it aint no problem now guess it was a one time thang

ok i cranked my engine on the lexus and turned da ac up to high the fan came on, thats one thing i checked i checked for debris in the radiator fins and kit really wasnt none now i didnt check the condensor i didny know where it was located.

The ac condensor is on the other side of your radiator facing the front of the car.

ok im gne check that out i changed the power steering pump yesterday i just wanted to get some tips on what to look for to make sure its on rite i dnt think i have any leaks i didnt really know how to bleed it i just poured power steering fluid in after i hooked everything up and tightened bolts up

my condenser didnt have debris in it also so what could be all the prime reasons why my car temperature would get higher after running my ac for a while.

The prime reason running the ac for a while would engine temp is because its putting a load on the engine running the ac compressor.So does the ac condensor fan come on with the ac running?As far as the power steering as long as pump is bolted up square the pulley is on correctly?The belt is on right and the pump isnt noisey then the pump is on correctly and the air is bleed out of it.

ok the only thing i left out was my engine temp problem probly came from driving with no power steering fluid cuz at the time when i texd you guys i was driving without power steering at that time i read a article of a guy dat had da same car i had and somehow a power steering line is hooked up to my fan and after i changed the power steering pump and got rid of the leak the overheating problem went away.

So does the ac work now?

yes it works

Thats good sounds like you got it fixed.

yep couldntve did it without you guys pro advice thanks. the next job i plan on doing is the timing belt its gne be a while before i do dat.but i got a question lets say i go get a ecm off a car like mine would i have to program my key if so you got a procedure on it? also i wanna know how can you tell if your cluster gauge needs to be replaced

Why do you think your ecm is bad?Whats wrong with your cluster gauge?

i changed the sending unit and the fuel gauge started to read better. now the thing about my cluster gauge is the lights that are suppose to work on the arms are off but the temperature,idle, and speedometer gauge work fine still the light on the arms dnt shine, im thinkin if i get a cluster gauge the fuel gauge will work properly alot more and i could get the lights on my arms bk on. i dnt think my ecm is bad i was just wondering cause a guy with a 99 model said he had to do that

Isnt there back light bulbs to light up the needles on the back side of the cluster?I would check that before thinking about changing the cluster.

Yea the thing is it looks like you damn near gotta take all of em
Apart to replace it it really looks like u gotta replace da whole unit

When I say unit I mean each one, temperature,idle etc.

i dne took the cluster gauge out before but it looks like the light that lights up the arm is built into it

That sucks i thought it would have been back lit from the back side of the cluster housing.

I knw

well i really gotta get to the bottom of it cause i put 20 dollars in and the hand rose up to a lil below half tank but then it dropped to e i put ten in today and it stayed on e. i gotta figure out how to check the fuel gauge and c if it can b replaced without changing the whole cluster gauge

i got anotha problem for a while my left signal has been blinking faster than the right