need help to know what made my overheat?

[nfpgasmask]

So you just over heated? No damage to the engine, right? I think I over heated once climbing a hill. Some coolant boiled out of my radiator. But that was it. Nothing else ever happened. Do you have a scan guage? If so, what was your water temp up to?

Bart

[CoastieCosta567]

dont have a scan gauge yet, but just over heated, nothing else.

[etlsport]

how fast were you going? 4lo isnt meant for speeds above a crawl really.. id say like 20 mph max.. its a lot of load on your engine

[VehiGAZ]

That's a pretty conservative limit, etlsport. I run in 4W-Low up to about 4000 rpms (~40-45 mph) every winter for extended periods of time (> 30 min) with no ill effects. Beyond 4k, it sounds so whiney that I think I'm about to destroy it!

Coastie, the heat and lack of motion may have caused your VX to overheat. Running at high rpms for extended periods of time will do that to any vehicle. Bring it to an oil change place and have them test your coolant - it may need replacing...

Good luck!

[nfpgasmask]

dont have a scan gauge yet, but just over heated, nothing else.

So were you spewing vaporized coolant or just bubbling over? This is why I carry a fire extinguisher too!!

Bart

[CoastieCosta567]

thanx guys, but i was just trying to go up small very soft sand sand dune, and only on 4L for only like 5 min's, but i know i reved it up pretty high, but i didn't put to much attention to how high. I also changed the coolent like maybe on 3k miles ago maybe less, i didn't see or smelled anything burnning even when i popped the hood opened. Oh I carry to fire ex's aswell, one in the back and the other behind the center consol between the to front seats. but anyways, i did see alittle of tranny fluid come out from the bottom, i have had some tranny fluid come out before only when i switch from 4H to 4L, do you guys think there something wrong there? the leak started after i had my tranny fluid flushed and replaced the gasket.