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Hey guys. I just overheated my engine yesterday. I was testing if my stage 3+ spec clutch was still holding and was basically WOT on the highway at night. Temps were hot(85degrees) as I am in south Georgia. I was also checking where this weird whining noise was coming from in my dash when in 5th and 6th gear.
So I didn't pay enough attention to my engine temperature gauge. I even missed the "low coolant please stop safely" message. Engine climbed to the red on the gauge for at least a few minutes. Didn't know anything was wrong at first doing pulls on the highway. Then all of a sudden my A/c stopped blowing cold air.
I look around my car and see that im in the red and oil pressure at 10PSI at highwayspeeds!!(usually at 21-30 at 750RPM idle) I panicked, checked for traffic, and pulled over immediately with the engine switched off. Eventually got the car towed home. Under the hood, the top left hose(when you are facing the engine from the front of the car) that connects to the radiator blew off. All this time i would like to add i have been suffering from a mysterious coolant loss from the previous owner so I have been playing Coolant roulette.
Most likely i believe this is what happened: Coolant reservoir was low from not checking it recently, Lost even more coolant during heavy driving, the car slowly overheats without me noticing, Coolant hose blows off losing all coolant, finally the Engine overheats.
So the first thing is first. Oil level was low and lost 2 quarts of oil during that night. I had to top it back up today.
The engine starts roughly after letting it sit overnight(Cracked cylinder liner?) but runs perfectly after a few seconds.
As far as driving there doesn't seem to be anything indicating anything wrong.
What tests should i do to test the engine?
I'm doing a compression test tomorrow.
Is that the only test i need to do? More specifically, is this the test that means everything is fine don't worry about it?
Should i try to buy a new R? I've thrown thousands of dollars (trying to fix it) well past what I have paid for the car.
Should I just Drive the dang thing?
Should I swap in a 2.4L motor? If yes which one from what years and what model? Should i go for a junkyard motor?
I see 2.4L turbo motors for S60, C70, S70, and many others on SWengines.
If you've made it this far thank you. I hope that I can drive this car or a 5 cylinder volvo again. I have just fallen in love with these 5 cylinders.
Please help me!
Hey guys. I just overheated my engine yesterday. I was testing if my stage 3+ spec clutch was still holding and was basically WOT on the highway at night. Temps were hot(85degrees) as I am in south Georgia. I was also checking where this weird whining noise was coming from in my dash when in 5th and 6th gear.
So I didn't pay enough attention to my engine temperature gauge. I even missed the "low coolant please stop safely" message. Engine climbed to the red on the gauge for at least a few minutes. Didn't know anything was wrong at first doing pulls on the highway. Then all of a sudden my A/c stopped blowing cold air.
I look around my car and see that im in the red and oil pressure at 10PSI at highwayspeeds!!(usually at 21-30 at 750RPM idle) I panicked, checked for traffic, and pulled over immediately with the engine switched off. Eventually got the car towed home. Under the hood, the top left hose(when you are facing the engine from the front of the car) that connects to the radiator blew off. All this time i would like to add i have been suffering from a mysterious coolant loss from the previous owner so I have been playing Coolant roulette.
Most likely i believe this is what happened: Coolant reservoir was low from not checking it recently, Lost even more coolant during heavy driving, the car slowly overheats without me noticing, Coolant hose blows off losing all coolant, finally the Engine overheats.
So the first thing is first. Oil level was low and lost 2 quarts of oil during that night. I had to top it back up today.
The engine starts roughly after letting it sit overnight(Cracked cylinder liner?) but runs perfectly after a few seconds.
As far as driving there doesn't seem to be anything indicating anything wrong.
What tests should i do to test the engine?
I'm doing a compression test tomorrow.
Is that the only test i need to do? More specifically, is this the test that means everything is fine don't worry about it?
Should i try to buy a new R? I've thrown thousands of dollars (trying to fix it) well past what I have paid for the car.
Should I just Drive the dang thing?
Should I swap in a 2.4L motor? If yes which one from what years and what model? Should i go for a junkyard motor?
I see 2.4L turbo motors for S60, C70, S70, and many others on SWengines.
If you've made it this far thank you. I hope that I can drive this car or a 5 cylinder volvo again. I have just fallen in love with these 5 cylinders.
Please help me!
