Who wants to welcome me?

[Topgun588]

To the 100k club? :cry:

http://www.newcougar.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=22648&stc=1&d=1138824977

[michcougar]

All i see is the check engine light and your car over heating LOL

[Topgun588]

All i see is the check engine light and your car over heating LOL

CEL is just my cars way of telling me its working. :flushed:

Not sure about the overheating part

[wadespencer99]

I can't welcome you. I'm not in that club yet :tongue:


And yeah...your car is getting a little warm there. Are your gauges right?

[crazyoldcougar]

if your car is that warm already shouldn't the CEL have gone off already...mine only stays on for about 5 seconds to tell me it is working...

and i too cannot welcome you to the club as i am not a member either...

however i can bid farewell to yet another cougar...crossing over into the realm (sp) of diagnostic nightmares...

[Frosty]

That sucks man, I'm gonna be in the same boat as you. Probably in the next few weeks I'll hit 100K :(

[KnappstamaN]

con-grad-u-freaking-lations :biggrin: looks like you need to fix a few problems

[nadthomas]

If I wasn't moving I would be there in about a month or two myself, and I'm only at 91k right now, but now my daily commute will only be a fraction of what it was before. It will now proabably take the rest of 2006 to hit 100k with my commute being so short now.

[PREDATOR]

Thank God I'm far away from that number :rofl:

[azbobbybooshay10]

Uh yeah, she's getting a little warm, captain! May wanna get that checked out or else she won't see many more miles.

As someone who bought my way into the 100k mile club, welcome! Let me know when you get to join me in the 125k mile club!

[Topgun588]

I hit 100k right when pulling into my driveway do you still think thats pretty hot after driving for a bit. and the CEL code is Catalyst System Efficiency Below Threshold.

[michcougar]

my car NEVER goes past half way in the temp.
im not at 100k but still, thats not rite

[Tygerr]

Hi!!!

..wait, not there quite yet.

[azbobbybooshay10]

my car NEVER goes past half way in the temp.
im not at 100k but still, thats not rite

Yeah, same here. Next time it does it try to get into Diagnostic mode (search for the how-to) and see what exactly its reading. Keep in mind, your coolant needs to be flushed every 5 years! If you're still on OEM fluid, look into getting it flushed and new coolant (the red stuff, DexCool). See if that fixes it. You could even just be low on fluid, which will do the same thing.

[NorCalCoug]

Uh yeah, she's getting a little warm, captain! May wanna get that checked out or else she won't see many more miles.

As someone who bought my way into the 100k mile club, welcome! Let me know when you get to join me in the 125k mile club!

Let me know when you join me in the 144k club. ;)

[NorCalCoug]

I hit 100k right when pulling into my driveway do you still think thats pretty hot after driving for a bit. and the CEL code is Catalyst System Efficiency Below Threshold.

That is incredibly hot. Either you have a screwed up cooling system, a blown head gasket, or when you put your gauges on you didn't re-center your needle.

Put the car in diagnostic mode and tell us what it says your coolant temp is when the needle is that high.

[Topgun588]

ok so I checked my engine temp after driving about 15 miles and commin off the interstate it varried between 190-200 degrees is that too hot?

[jaged]

Bah, norcal tell me when you get into the 150k club and on an 01 to boot! my other cougar just hit 77,777 as i pulled in to the driveway

[Blackcoog]

Temp sounds about normal. Fans should kick in around 215F if you idle for a while and then it will drop back down to 190-200F. Did you not put the needle on correctly when you put the gauges in? What's the check engine light for?

[Topgun588]

I guess I put needles on wrong, I thought it would correct itself maybe.

code is Catalyst System Efficiency Below Threshold.

I guess that is for Intake manifold or maybe a bad o2 sensor