weird over heating problem

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danield319
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ok i have a ka24de and a few days ago my waterpump froze (only had water in my radiator) and i tryed turning on my car, it melted the belt and messed up my engine bay, so later that day i decided to do the powersteering delete and get rid of power steering, so now i just have that 1 belt that goes from the crank to the water pump, but about a minute after i start it up my car over heats and spits steam out my overflow tank,

my question is, could i have ripped off the spindles on my waterpump when i tryed starting it when the water was frozen, or possibly broke my thermostat?

if your confused about how i worded it tell me and il try and explain better
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No the belt would have just slipped on the pulley. But you didn't only freeze the waterpump you iced the block. You probably froze out the freeze plugs, and could have cracked the block, head or both.

I would inspect the block, the head, and the freeze plugs. Then drain the coolant, and oil. Check for mixing. refill both, and bleed the coolant system. And then go from there. If it still steams and overheats, check for the steam source.

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Make sure the radiator didn't split either. Andif you cant find anything at all and still have issues check compression.

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OutToWinPAHC wrote: You probably froze out the freeze plugs, and could have cracked the block, head or both. .
omg i am leaking oil that is new today i hope i didnt wreck my motor, i dont got a job anymore, id have to sell my silvia front to pay to fix it

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Or buy a good used motor and freshen it up.

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OutToWinPAHC wrote:Or buy a good used motor and freshen it up.
thats what i did last time and it got me here,

but the problems changed now,

when i drive around it the heat gauge stays in the middle, but still steam comes up (possibly cracked my radiator), but then randomly it immediately jump up to past the H for hot and stay they forever then go back down 5-10 minutes later, but only to the 75% to the H range, i kinda wish i was the hulk and could kick my cars a**, because whenever i get mad and fight it i always lose

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Try burping and bleeding it out. Then see if you see any leaks. But where is the oil leaking from?

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OutToWinPAHC wrote:Try burping and bleeding it out. Then see if you see any leaks. But where is the oil leaking from?
ive bleed it a couple time now today, and it doesn't seem to leak anything other then oil, and theirs no mixure of oil and anti freeze, but the oil seems to leak out the header side, seems like from the oil pan because theirs no oil above the oil pan but oil all over below it.


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so now like i changed everything and started it up, it still over heats!.i checked the oil and it doesnt look milky so its not mixing, but when it starts oil just comes draining out from the crank.

hmmm

maybe gods telling me to drop the N/A game and go SR


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