MyLittlePony
Active Member
Ok, so my car has been over heating, and most everything on the car is new, or very low miles. When the AC is off, car will get about 230 degrees before I start freaking out, but I don’t want it to peg. If it pegs before I can pull over and turn the car off, then the car will not crank after I do turn it off. I am assuming that’s computer related. Wait half an hour with the hood open, and it will start again.
So car starts overheating, naturally your first impulse is to turn on the heater, right? The heater seems to only press the pause button. The temperature remains whatever it is at, whenever you’ve turned it on. 230, stays 230. Pegged, it stays pegged.
The number one thing I THOUGHT you should never do in this situation is to turn on the AC. That’s more load on the engine, it will make things worse. Well, I noticed that when the car is around that 230, if I turn on the AC, it will drop to 190 degrees, and stay there. This has been tested and proven several times, but I am always nervous about doing it. Ok so what’s going on? Any ideas?
So car starts overheating, naturally your first impulse is to turn on the heater, right? The heater seems to only press the pause button. The temperature remains whatever it is at, whenever you’ve turned it on. 230, stays 230. Pegged, it stays pegged.
The number one thing I THOUGHT you should never do in this situation is to turn on the AC. That’s more load on the engine, it will make things worse. Well, I noticed that when the car is around that 230, if I turn on the AC, it will drop to 190 degrees, and stay there. This has been tested and proven several times, but I am always nervous about doing it. Ok so what’s going on? Any ideas?