Old Mar 23, 2005 | 07:51 AM
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Brie13
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Default Overheating issue

Hi there,
I have a problem that i need help with. (k first off i'm a girl so no noob comments please thanks)
Just last week, my 90 Teg started overheating, at least that's what i think it's doing. My temp gauge stays at a nice in between the middle and the cold, so it doesn't look like it's heating up. I'll be driving to work (freeway, about 30 mins) and by the time i get there, i have smoke coming from the top of my hood (not a lot but enough) and my engine is puking a little antifreeze (i'm assuming that because i can smell it). It pukes out from the middle area of my engine, not the front.

i checked my resevoir and it was almost empty, so i filled it with water (all i had at the time) while my engine had been off all day, so as not to create a problem with a hot engine.

I drove home and no problems. A little smell of antifreeze but from what i could tell it was just burning off my engine, not dripping.

Drove to work this morning, and same thing again. I let the engine run for a while, and the fan comes on and all, so that part isfine. Now there is a bunch of water on the ground under my car.
I didn't think to check the actual radiator, as you can probably tell i was following steps other people have posted here to help.

Any suggestions? Does anyone think i have a leak perhaps? This just started last week, the last thing i did in the engine area was fill my oil because it was low.

Thanks
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