[FallenAngel]

Had my thermostat changed and drive belts tightened this morn. I found out the mech forgot to close the bleeder bolt when I started smoking after pulling off the freeway Luckily theres a shell station a block away from the exit. Popped the hood and there it was, the bleeder bolt spewing like Old Faithful on crack.

Called them up and told the guy what happened. Said I couldn't make it in since I was already at work and I'd be in on Monday to have things checked out.

My question to all of you is, what should I be wary of when they check it out? Worse case scenarios? New rad, thermostat, etc? BHG?

 

[FallenAngel]

It started steaming as i was waiting for a light, when I saw it I put on the blinkers and all but 1 F-tard let me pass freely. The temp guage was consistently moving up as I made my way to the gas station. It got to just about 3/4 of the way up as I shut down the engine.

 

[FallenAngel]

Venting first..........
After about four hrs of cooling, I took a quick lunch break and made my way to an albertson's about 1/2 a mile from work, engine was still slightly warm before I started up. Got there, temp was fine, drove back, temp still good. Six hours later, as I'm making my way home, city temp looks good. Its about 3 miles to the freeway entrance.
About 20 miles later, exited, ran about 7 or 8 blocks with temp in normal range. Just as I'm coming to a stop of a light, the temp starts going higher. I'm like :eek2: and put on the blinkers and run past the light to a parking lot 1 block a way. Good thing there wasn't anyone close enough to the light to make a turn.

Let it cool about 6-7 mins with hood up, forcing the fans to stay on by removing the key every 2-3 mins. Pretty close to home already, so I put the hood in the 'ajar' position, started it up when the temp was below the 2nd mark and got about 8-10 blocks before temp went up again. Another 5 mins of waiting, then the 2nd hill climb of my home commute and about 5 blocks later, I pulled into the driveway with the temp at 'normal'.

So...... BHG?

 

[FallenAngel]

Was filled and bled at the shell station. Checked the levels again before I left work

 

[FallenAngel]

interesting update... i wasn't sure what the mech meant when he said the old thermostat was cut on sat, but after he did a compression test, bled and road tested today, he said someone probly did it because the car had an overheating prob from before. he came back with the temp guageg hovering at the last white mark.
replaced the new thermostat with the old gutted one and another roadtest showed normal temps throughout.
went through some overheating posts and found the 101 thread that says people do exactly what the mech said; gutting for constant flow.