My 16 year old son was driving our vehicle listed above and the top radiator hose burst blowing coolant all over the engine, actually all over everything. It was dark out and he didn’t notice the two inch tear in the hose. So he assumed it just overheated so he let it cool and added coolant to the reservoir and drove to a friends house nearby where he called me. He said the temperature gauge showed normal temperature so I told him to top it with coolant and try and make home about 17 miles. I told him to watch the temperature and pull over if it got hot. He made about half way. I had it towed home.
I found the burst hose the next day and replaced it and the coolant. Tried cleaning up as much of the engine as I could. The car started but was running very rough and throwing codes. I knew sensors were wet and the reason for it not running well. I disconnected and dried all the connections removed the coil packs and blew all the coolant from the plugs. Started the car again and it had a very noticeable miss. I read the codes to find the cylinders that were misfiring. I think 3 and 5. I went ahead and replaced all the coils and plugs. Started it again more codes. 02 sensors this time so I took a look at them and they were toast so I replaced them all 4. Start car and it runs great. Then I took it out on the highway and as soon as I accelerated quickly it made a very loud sound that I can only explain as the sound as someone pulling and releasing the trigger of an air nozzle the higher the RPMs the faster and louder the sound then the car up shifts and the sound stops until it time for the car to upshift again. This doesn’t happen when I rev the engine in park or neutral. My neighbor heard the noise and thought I had a plastic bag stuck under my car flapping in the wind. Unfortunately that wasn’t the case. Sorry for the length of this post but I want you to have the whole story. Thank you for your time. PS; I also replaced the MAF sensor.
I found the burst hose the next day and replaced it and the coolant. Tried cleaning up as much of the engine as I could. The car started but was running very rough and throwing codes. I knew sensors were wet and the reason for it not running well. I disconnected and dried all the connections removed the coil packs and blew all the coolant from the plugs. Started the car again and it had a very noticeable miss. I read the codes to find the cylinders that were misfiring. I think 3 and 5. I went ahead and replaced all the coils and plugs. Started it again more codes. 02 sensors this time so I took a look at them and they were toast so I replaced them all 4. Start car and it runs great. Then I took it out on the highway and as soon as I accelerated quickly it made a very loud sound that I can only explain as the sound as someone pulling and releasing the trigger of an air nozzle the higher the RPMs the faster and louder the sound then the car up shifts and the sound stops until it time for the car to upshift again. This doesn’t happen when I rev the engine in park or neutral. My neighbor heard the noise and thought I had a plastic bag stuck under my car flapping in the wind. Unfortunately that wasn’t the case. Sorry for the length of this post but I want you to have the whole story. Thank you for your time. PS; I also replaced the MAF sensor.
Jul 19, 2021 at 4:29 PM
