I took my car to Streets At Willow (WSIR), weather was about 95* outside. During one of my sessions, I looked down, and my needle was buried in the H side of the temp. I immediately came into the cold pit, turned on the heater, left the car idling and the temp needle started to drop. after awhile, it went back to the normal position.
I tried using an ebay OBD scanner, and Torque app. Showed my temps at around 210* but would fluctuate. Hardly did it ever drop under 200*. I open the hood, I see all my covers (engine, battery and intake) were covered in dried fluid splatters. And I open the coolant bottle cap, and it was really low. Poured two water bottles of water I had, took it out to the track, temps would slightly raised, turned on the heater and it would drop but still wanted to slightly raise, Never got to the H zone.
I waited, went to autozone, picked up some of their green 50/50 antifreeze, and poured a little under 1litter into the bottle. As that's all it would take.
I may have overfilled it cause it would leak under the radiator area, after maybe a small amount of coolant leaked, it stopped leaking (didn't leak for hours after it stopped leaking a tiny little puddle) I would check my temps again around 205* is where it would read.
Took it back onto the track, temps didn't raise. Drove it home, didn't move the needle.
In fact the engine doesn't make any noise, it doesn't have any loss of power. It feels fine.
So, my question is, did I ruin my engine? I have 80k on the odometer.
I know i know i know, I'm an idiot for not having aftermarket temp gauge, I can't afford them, but I will have to stop eating out and invest in one.
I plan to continue tracking the car, so I'm thinking of getting these mods.
1. Koyo Radiator
2. Thermostat that opens sooner
3. upgraded water pump
4. Aftermarket gauges
5. bigger oil cooler
In that specific order, unfortunately with maybe a few months in between the big ones since I'm strapped for cash.
What do you guys think?
I tried using an ebay OBD scanner, and Torque app. Showed my temps at around 210* but would fluctuate. Hardly did it ever drop under 200*. I open the hood, I see all my covers (engine, battery and intake) were covered in dried fluid splatters. And I open the coolant bottle cap, and it was really low. Poured two water bottles of water I had, took it out to the track, temps would slightly raised, turned on the heater and it would drop but still wanted to slightly raise, Never got to the H zone.
I waited, went to autozone, picked up some of their green 50/50 antifreeze, and poured a little under 1litter into the bottle. As that's all it would take.
I may have overfilled it cause it would leak under the radiator area, after maybe a small amount of coolant leaked, it stopped leaking (didn't leak for hours after it stopped leaking a tiny little puddle) I would check my temps again around 205* is where it would read.
Took it back onto the track, temps didn't raise. Drove it home, didn't move the needle.
In fact the engine doesn't make any noise, it doesn't have any loss of power. It feels fine.
So, my question is, did I ruin my engine? I have 80k on the odometer.
I know i know i know, I'm an idiot for not having aftermarket temp gauge, I can't afford them, but I will have to stop eating out and invest in one.
I plan to continue tracking the car, so I'm thinking of getting these mods.
1. Koyo Radiator
2. Thermostat that opens sooner
3. upgraded water pump
4. Aftermarket gauges
5. bigger oil cooler
In that specific order, unfortunately with maybe a few months in between the big ones since I'm strapped for cash.
What do you guys think?
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