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Old Sep 23, 2006 | 05:44 PM
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Today when i was driving on the highway here in Florida, its like 95 degrees out right now..so i turned on my AC and it was blowing hot air for about 5 mins before i decided to turn it off...about 3 mins later luckly off the highway my car overheated and i pulled over...This happened before about 1 month ago..same thing..on the highway...Tho the first time the AC worked fine..Does anyone have any ideas?? I was doing between 70-90 mph. Thanks
 
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Old Sep 23, 2006 | 07:10 PM
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check your coolant level if you havent already, im assuming you have an SRT by your sig??? mine slirps the coolant a bit. you could have something cloging up your flow as well. btw, the last time i had a car overheating it was due to a crack/hole in the radiator.
 
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Old Sep 23, 2006 | 07:16 PM
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No srt a friend made it for me..said he couldnt find a regular neon pic after i sent him 4 lol..I just added it till i fix it myself looks nice Plus i my car doesnt look good enough to put in my sig...i know i have a very small leak in the radiator..but it seems to only happen when my ac is on..i run the car pretty hard everyday..and it never overheats. I was only driving the car for about 15 mins when it happened..its a 2000 122-XXX miles on it..Had a mechanic check it over and he did find a few small things wrong but he said overall the engine and tranny look great. 1 of those things being that very small leak on the bottom.idk..i did check the fluids tho and i filled it again and ran it around the block about 4 times and it seems alright..idk we'll have to see thanks alot man for the responce.
 
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Old Sep 23, 2006 | 08:28 PM
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Hey yeah I had that same thing happen. Have the mechanic check the radiator. I would put in coolant and run it and it would be fine but once I stopped it would all leak out. I wouldnt have noticed cause I usally just walk away from my car after i stopped but i live in North Dakota and i had a large semi frozen pool under my car. Mine happened withing 2000 miles though. So it was covered under warranty. That is what I would do. Fill it up drive for about 20 minutes then stop get out and wait for like 2 minutes to see if its leaking. Good luck with that though

 
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