jesse_s13
11-30-2010, 07:15 PM
So I have noticed that my engine was running cold. So i decided to change the thermostat due to the mileage and age. I removed the fan shroud and intake tubing.Then when i was pulling the thermostat housing off i noticed, there wasnt a thermostat!!. That explained the running cold and taking forever to warm up. So i install it and put everthing back together and filled it up with coolant. Then i start it up with the heater on hot and ran it for 2 min. Temp went up to normal and stayed there. Then it started to rise after i was driving it, im guessing i got air in the system.So i was on my way to pepboys to get a coolant flush, where they would bleed the system for me. When my car start blowing black smoke and sputtering. Then i stopped and it wouldnt turn on. It did not over heat. It would just crank and not turn on i did this for about 3 min. . So i moved the wires leading to the fuse box in the engine bay a bit and it started right up. But still ran rich. So i limped the car to my apt where its stranded. and i need it for work tomorrow =( And help would greatly be apperciated.=(