Car is a 2004 rx8, 6 MT, completely stock w/ 54k miles. I bought the car a year ago with 45 k miles on it.
I live in New England and it has been snowing a decent amount lately which means sometimes I have to drive the car in the snow. (have a GC8 Subaru but its currently getting repairs done). This is my first winter with a RWD car (did not need to drive it in the snow last year)
Yesterday, I got stuck in the snow and I was revving it pretty hard to try to get unstuck. Suddenly the temperature gauge went to “Hot” and the car began to steam. I immediately shut the car off and checked underneath the hood. The coolant in the reservoir was boiling. Underneath the car was a coolant puddle 1 foot in diameter.
At this point, my coolant was pretty low so I topped the reservoir off after letting the car sit for an hour. It started up no problem and I drove it ten miles to my house after the roads were cleared. The car seems to be operating normally and the temperature gauge stays slightly below the middle line, like it has always done. There was a small coolant spot below the car after letting it sit, about 2 inches in diameter
The first thing I can think of is that the water pump may be going bad. Has anyone experienced issues like this?
Also, what type of damage could I have possibly done to the engine (if any) after it overheated? Please note that I did not drive it while it was over heated.
Also something to note is that for the past few days, it has been warming up unusually fast, after maybe 2-3 minutes vs. 10-15 min like it usually has. I have also been getting an intermittent coolant light for some time, but would check the coolant levels any time I checked my oil (every other week or so).
I have not gotten the coolant light ever since I refilled the coolant reservoir. I know that the light is a common sensor issue, but it has not been confirmed that is the reason for my coolant light.
Thanks in advance
I live in New England and it has been snowing a decent amount lately which means sometimes I have to drive the car in the snow. (have a GC8 Subaru but its currently getting repairs done). This is my first winter with a RWD car (did not need to drive it in the snow last year)
Yesterday, I got stuck in the snow and I was revving it pretty hard to try to get unstuck. Suddenly the temperature gauge went to “Hot” and the car began to steam. I immediately shut the car off and checked underneath the hood. The coolant in the reservoir was boiling. Underneath the car was a coolant puddle 1 foot in diameter.
At this point, my coolant was pretty low so I topped the reservoir off after letting the car sit for an hour. It started up no problem and I drove it ten miles to my house after the roads were cleared. The car seems to be operating normally and the temperature gauge stays slightly below the middle line, like it has always done. There was a small coolant spot below the car after letting it sit, about 2 inches in diameter
The first thing I can think of is that the water pump may be going bad. Has anyone experienced issues like this?
Also, what type of damage could I have possibly done to the engine (if any) after it overheated? Please note that I did not drive it while it was over heated.
Also something to note is that for the past few days, it has been warming up unusually fast, after maybe 2-3 minutes vs. 10-15 min like it usually has. I have also been getting an intermittent coolant light for some time, but would check the coolant levels any time I checked my oil (every other week or so).
I have not gotten the coolant light ever since I refilled the coolant reservoir. I know that the light is a common sensor issue, but it has not been confirmed that is the reason for my coolant light.
Thanks in advance
over heating after high revs...water pump?
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