RBwonga Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 (edited) Hi guys, popped a heater hose off while driving didn't know. Temp gauge was fine. Car stalled on the highway and now it won't start. The car still cranks, but won't fire. It's getting fuel and spark too. What could it be? Any help would be awesome! Motor is RB25DET S2 Cheers Edited December 2, 2015 by RBwonga Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/461416-overheated-car-wont-start-now/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hadouken Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Cooked itself. Warped the head... Standard temp gauge are unreliable, mine stays right in the middle on the track when the other one gets up to or sometimes passes 100 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/461416-overheated-car-wont-start-now/#findComment-7647180 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 yeah sadly you need fuel, ignition AND compression....you can try a compression test but I think you will get bad news if it doesn't start; particularly if it turns over very easily/quickly Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/461416-overheated-car-wont-start-now/#findComment-7647408 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBwonga Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 Yeah I'll try get a compression tester tomorrow and give it a go Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/461416-overheated-car-wont-start-now/#findComment-7647536 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinks Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 As others have said, temp gauge will show half way until at least 105C. Once it starts heading north of half way by a bee's dick you are already in the danger zone. Also, guess what a WATER temp sensor needs? Water!! If you pissed all the water out and weren't pumping anything around, who knows what the sensor was reading. If you had no water in the block I'm sure it's cooked, the top of motor wouldn't have had any cooling until it lost compression and stalled. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/461416-overheated-car-wont-start-now/#findComment-7650845 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tridentt150v Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Good excuse for an RB30 anyway!! Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/461416-overheated-car-wont-start-now/#findComment-7651030 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben C34 Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Good excuse for an RB30 anyway!! Not really. It's the head that dies when overheating. Which you need 1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/461416-overheated-car-wont-start-now/#findComment-7651034 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tridentt150v Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 True, but any excuse IMO 1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/461416-overheated-car-wont-start-now/#findComment-7651069 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GH05T Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 (edited) never a good feeling. i had a 32 which felt fine until i heard the tank boiling and it was already all over. Edited December 9, 2015 by GH05T Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/461416-overheated-car-wont-start-now/#findComment-7651091 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBwonga Posted December 20, 2015 Author Share Posted December 20, 2015 Yeah it's fairly shit wondering if I should pull it apart and try fix or if I should drop another 25 in it.. 1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/461416-overheated-car-wont-start-now/#findComment-7655796 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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