I've been picking up a coworker to take him to work while his car is being worked on. Just after I picked him up yesterday, a light went off (and the car beeped) on the Jeep console saying, "Check Guages." Well, from what I could tell, it was the only guage saying anything. But then it beeped again, so I checked closer.

Sure enough, the temperature was at about 250 degrees and the voltmeter wasn't reading anything. It was raining quite hard, so I thought maybe some water got into the sensors. I pulled over, let the car cool down (it was clearly over heating) and then went on. This time, the voltmeter was reading normal and the temperature was a little high.

But then the tempurature jumped again and the "Check Guages" light and bell went off. We pulled over at the next pull out. This time, it was really over heating. We opened up the hood again and heard it hissing out the bottom of the radiotor and losing a lot of coolant. *sigh*

I called AAA. Luckily, another coworker who has to go over the hill hadn't gone in yet and he was able to stop by and pick up my passenger. His new ride and the tow truck came at about the same time.

In to the shop the Jeep went. At this point, I had zero cars that ran.

In conclusion, the Jeep came back with a new water pump, hoses, radiator cap, and a new serpentine belt (not sure how this was related, actually). This was all done before the end of the day, but not before I got the Miata back!

Posted by Shane on March 5, 2005 9:49 AM | Permalink