jnrcess:
Fellow NL's, I currently feel devastated. I bought my first car ever in February, an Hyundai Elantra 2015. I passed by a bad spot sometime last week and after driving for over an hour with the AC on, I noticed steam was coming from my engine. To cut the story short, my electrician discovered my radiator fan was disconnected as a result of the bad spot.

Fast forward to yesterday, the fan stopped working again and I didn't notice until the car went off. Since I am inexperienced, I tried putting on the car again, and it went off after a couple of seconds. I put off the AC and drove down to a mechanic workshop, on getting there they told me the top gasket is gone.


Please is this a big deal? The car's engine has never been tempered with. As a matter of fact there is no check engine light on my dashboard.

If repaired, will the car still drive normally or I should expect a drop in performance?

Please help me, I am totally inexperienced, and I just want to know what to expect.


PS: on getting to the mechanic shop, they put so much water in the radiator, and started the car, after a short while the water was bubbling and forcing it's way through the coolant tank.

Dozieson:


My guy please don't give it to anyhow toad side mechanic. This car engine is almost 1m. If you are in Lagos contact gazzuzz or kingreign in Abuja or Mr ford in PH

sunnymighty:


God bless you for being a blessing to alot of newbies here, I can relate.

Dozieson:


My guy please don't give it to anyhow toad side mechanic. This car engine is almost 1m. If you are in Lagos contact gazzuzz or kingreign in Abuja or Mr ford in PH

ayanjamz:
Let me help u based on my experience, first thing is to take the car to a mechanic where they can do a compression/pressure test to know if there is leakages in the cooling system, somewhere not visible to u. secondly, check if the radiator fan is connected directly or indirectly ( and check if it is working at all ) . Thirdly, check if Ur thermostat is working ( not stucked) and some other things before thinking of the gasket ... Not all overheating be gasket ooo.

jnrcess:
Fellow NL's, I currently feel devastated. I bought my first car ever in February, an Hyundai Elantra 2015. I passed by a bad spot sometime last week and after driving for over an hour with the AC on, I noticed steam was coming from my engine. To cut the story short, my electrician discovered my radiator fan was disconnected as a result of the bad spot.

Fast forward to yesterday, the fan stopped working again and I didn't notice until the car went off. Since I am inexperienced, I tried putting on the car again, and it went off after a couple of seconds. I put off the AC and drove down to a mechanic workshop, on getting there they told me the top gasket is gone.


Please is this a big deal? The car's engine has never been tempered with. As a matter of fact there is no check engine light on my dashboard.

If repaired, will the car still drive normally or I should expect a drop in performance?

Please help me, I am totally inexperienced, and I just want to know what to expect.


PS: on getting to the mechanic shop, they put so much water in the radiator, and started the car, after a short while the water was bubbling and forcing it's way through the coolant tank.

jnrcess:


Thanks for your response, unfortunately I'm in Calabar.

easytig:
Hmmm,one major rule while driving is to glance at the instrument cluster,definitely your temperature gauge was rising above normal, which implies something was not right,but you didn't take notice,but you kept firing the engine,now the deed is done.you will spend money sha,just find a mechanic that know his onions so that he will return the car to status quo quick

Itsrm:


Wrong. Your engine can overheat without your temperature gauge moving an inch if you experience rapid coolant loss.

diportivo:
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Itsrm:


Wrong. Your engine can overheat without your temperature gauge moving an inch if you experience rapid coolant loss.

Itsrm:


As usual, when you have nothing upstairs to say, drop a useless meme.

Conner44:


This scenario is more rampant in Toyota vehicles

Itsrm:

I experienced it with a J series engine twice. One time I forgot to cover the radiator cap and the other time the radiator got damaged.

Conner44:


For real? Honda?

Are you sure your ect sensor wasn’t already on its last legs at the time? Because the other regular Hondas I know usually react to even the slightest rise in temperature on its guage in real-time.

diportivo:

if you have "rapid coolant loss" your engine will overheat and your temperature gauge will shoot through the roof

if it happens when engine is hot u will see instant steam and park.......u have caught it early and thus,it will seem ur guage didnt rise

if it happens when vehicle is cold,start the car....embark on your journey and see if the temp gauge will rise or not

stop driving around with faulty temperature guages and then say because you have a lot upstairs that doesn't include memes,an overheating engine won't show on the dash.....

the longer you drive on a "dehydrated engine" the quicker the temperature gauge rises

if it uses lights instead of guages,by the time it turns red the car has already overheated

ksmart027:

Boss, my car once overheated, and it turns out i didn't close the radiator well. The temperature gauge did not go up, but i notice the sound of the engine have changed. So i parked and when i open my hood, there was no single water in the radiator. Though that was my first time of experiencing such, so I think the guy is correct.

Itsrm:


I don't think so. From what I read at the time, the ECT sensor uses the temperature of the coolant to control the temperature guage. Does it not then mean that if there's a rapid loss of coolant, the ECT sensor has nothing to work with.

ksmart027:

Boss, my car once overheated, and it turns out i didn't close the radiator well. The temperature gauge did not go up, but i notice the sound of the engine have changed. So i parked and when i open my hood, there was no single water in the radiator. Though that was my first time of experiencing such, so I think the guy is correct.

jnrcess:
Fellow NL's, I currently feel devastated. I bought my first car ever in February, an Hyundai Elantra 2015. I passed by a bad spot sometime last week and after driving for over an hour with the AC on, I noticed steam was coming from my engine. To cut the story short, my electrician discovered my radiator fan was disconnected as a result of the bad spot.

Fast forward to yesterday, the fan stopped working again and I didn't notice until the car went off. Since I am inexperienced, I tried putting on the car again, and it went off after a couple of seconds. I put off the AC and drove down to a mechanic workshop, on getting there they told me the top gasket is gone.


Please is this a big deal? The car's engine has never been tempered with. As a matter of fact there is no check engine light on my dashboard.

If repaired, will the car still drive normally or I should expect a drop in performance?

Please help me, I am totally inexperienced, and I just want to know what to expect.


PS: on getting to the mechanic shop, they put so much water in the radiator, and started the car, after a short while the water was bubbling and forcing it's way through the coolant tank.

Itsrm:


Some people have sworn a pact with ignorance. They will rather stay in that comfort zone than seek knowledge.

The first time it happened, my wife was the one driving. The radiator was punctured by God knows what, coolant was lost and the car overheated till the engine shut down. She swore the temperature guage didn't rise but I never believed her. I thought she must have missed it.

One day, I rushed out to pick the children from school. On my way back, my RPM started fluctuating and it looked like the engine was going to shut down. Thankfully I was in the street. Managed it to the house, opened the bonnet and lo and behold, I didn't return the radiator cap when I opened it to check coolant level before I rushed out. In all of these, the temperature guage didn't rise an inch.

I am absolutely certain the guage is working as it should because the other time I had issues with my fan, the guage worked and I saw it rise.

diportivo:

diportivo:


chairman

how u dey?

long time

your temperature guage should rise if u have overheating issue.....thats the only reason the thing is put there in the first place

if it doesn't,it simply means all isn't well with the car

at the end of it all,to each his own

laslas,everybody will be fine

dyu still have the civic?

diportivo:


chairman

how u dey?

long time

your temperature guage should rise if u have overheating issue.....thats the only reason the thing is put there in the first place

if it doesn't,it simply means all isn't well with the car

at the end of it all,to each his own

laslas,everybody will be fine

dyu still have the civic?