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      10-04-2014, 07:25 PM   #1
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I was driving a couple days ago I get on the highway and engine overheating light came on and I lost power so I just pulled over and got towed home. Once home I restarted the car and fan came on right away.

Any thoughts of what this could be I heard thermostat or water pump but don't know how to diagnose it before I waste money on a thermostat or water pump
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      10-04-2014, 07:31 PM   #2
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I was driving a couple days ago I get on the highway and engine overheating light came on and I lost power so I just pulled over and got towed home. Once home I restarted the car and fan came on right away.

Any thoughts of what this could be I heard thermostat or water pump but don't know how to diagnose it before I waste money on a thermostat or water pump
If you went into limp mode. You have codes. Read them and see what they say.
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      10-04-2014, 07:54 PM   #3
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How many km on your car?(around 80000-100000?) most likely is water pump.
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      10-04-2014, 10:08 PM   #4
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I got no check engine light but code I read on dash was cc I'd 39. Car has 170 000km. The code says engine overheating nothing about thermostat or waterpump
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Sounds like water pump !
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      10-05-2014, 12:50 AM   #6
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So basically I'd get a light for the thermostat?
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      10-05-2014, 03:46 AM   #7
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**bump** I heard there's a shop in Markham that does it for 755 we thermostat and labour anyone know where this maybe please let me know if not I'm going to get everything myself and do it kind of a hassle to tow from Burlington to Markham
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**bump** I heard there's a shop in Markham that does it for 755 we thermostat and labour anyone know where this maybe please let me know if not I'm going to get everything myself and do it kind of a hassle to tow from Burlington to Markham
Go to Ivo Columbus automotive. He's in Mississauga on Dixie.
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waterpump for sure....
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      10-05-2014, 10:35 AM   #10
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Thanks for the help everyone decided going to get to it myself wish me luck since my cars an XI I can't access it from the under carriage
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      10-14-2014, 08:16 PM   #11
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Thanks for the help everyone decided going to get to it myself wish me luck since my cars an XI I can't access it from the under carriage
So did you do it yourself? Here is a place in Burlington, you can ask for a quote if you didn't do it yet

http://www.autobahnlogic.com/
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Didn't do it yet cars in winter storage right now because I was thinking of getting other things I wanted to do to the car and take a weekend in the spring to do everything all at once and have a "new" car on the road
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      10-17-2014, 06:05 PM   #13
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I got this problem last month, it was the water pump.
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      10-23-2014, 12:07 AM   #14
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I got this problem last month, it was the water pump.
How many Km's is on your car?
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      10-23-2014, 12:26 AM   #15
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Didn't do it yet cars in winter storage right now because I was thinking of getting other things I wanted to do to the car and take a weekend in the spring to do everything all at once and have a "new" car on the road
You bought an Xi to store it away in the winter?
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167000 and yea I'm doing a lot to it over the winter it's my car I can do whatever I want lol
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I have been dpinf doing alot of reading on the site , and some people say it could be a weak battery ...cuase the the battery is weak it cant give the water pump full power ... long shot but check it out
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      11-22-2014, 10:07 PM   #18
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Engine overheating light is one of those things you should get look up by a professional right away

Last thing you want is having to replace your engine because it overheated.

Check your coolant level , if its really low then you either have a leak somewhere or a bad waterpump
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