The cooling system is a closed system. IDK if Jbro has been topping up, but if he has, then it’s going somewhere. Leaking onto the ground, into the oil pan, going out the tailpipe as steam. The overheating and loss of coolant with no external leak leads me to the head gasket. It’s an easy diagnosis for any competent shop with a cylinder leak down tester.
I wouldn’t recommend this. Pulling a head on a 130k mile engine will likely require some intermediate level tricks to separate stuck parts (a step above following a youtube for sure), and if you’re sloppy on the reinstall you’re going to have more leaks.
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To give you an idea of my “do it yourself” chops, I’ve been very proud of myself recently for fixing a leaky faucet stem by figuring out how to take it apart and then replacing the O ring. There is zero chance I’m tackling a head gasket.
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I had a leaky radiator and used some of the commercial sealers. I tried different brands, probably four times total. Each time it would work for maybe a week or less. Then I cracked an egg into the radiator. That worked for the rest of the time I had that truck, probably a couple years.
Dunno if that works for head gaskets.
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Anyone know what these are? They just started appearing on my cars roof. It’s not hail I don’t think.
The bubbling part looks like rust blowing out the paint.
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Odd it would rust from inside. No? It’s only a 6 year old car.
Water got under the paint somehow. Crack or chip.
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Weird thing is like 8 of them all appeared in last week or two.
You replaced the head gasket on the faucet. How much more difficult could it be?
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Guessing if the paint is damaged, oxidation of the underlying material will accelerate delamination of the clear coat and paint, causing more oxidation and so on.
The clear coat loses its ability to expand and contract over time, and eventually will fail and delaminate. I don’t think it’s unusual to see delamination at a point like those blistered spots, if that’s what I’m seeing.
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Is there a product that actually works I can use to halt this?
I don’t know but I doubt it. I’d expect wax to slow down aging of the clear coat if you do it regularly but I don’t think it would do much at this stage. Repainting the panel is probably the only real fix.
Eta you could probably repair small damaged spots in the paint. That might prevent more of those bubble areas from forming. There will be yt videos on how to do touch-ups.
Out of curiosity, what are the white specks all over the surface? Are they a feature of the paint?
As far as I understand it, you will have to sand down the rust and then it’s still not 100% that there isn’t water underneath the new paint. I had a '99 Silverado which are notorious for the rear fenders rusting and we sanded and painted over it but the rust started bubbling the new paint within a year. I just threw fender flares over it until the wheel wells rusted out so bad the fender flare screws were not able to hold in place.
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Thanks the white is pollen actually. Lol.
Took it to a auto body and they think it had hail damage on the lot and the dealer fixed it before selling it to me new. Needless to say I am not super happy with my dealer right now.
Bastards! What’s the price to fix it?
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$1200. Checking to see if my warranty or they will cover it.
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I wonder if I can sue dealer.
Does anyone know where to go to get my transmission fluid filter changed? I can change the fluid myself (2011 versa) but I don’t wanna drop the TF pan.
Gonna call and shop around some local tranny shops this week. Any suggestions are welcome.