My SRT warranty is about to expire. She has just over 35,000 miles. I have had the SRT serviced regularly and took it in last week for oil and fluid changes.( $550 later) The radiator light came on so I stopped by the dealer yesterday for them to top it off. No problem.

I drove to the back and the service mgr came out to say hello. They quickly grabbed the antifreeze and topped it off.

While I was talking to the svc mgr I told him my shifter was moving slightly when I accelerated hard. It was not as pronounced a movement as when the motor mounts broke, but still enoungh of a movement that I thought it might be the tranmission mounts. I asked the SM if he had time for a quick ride. Initially he said no. I told him we could just run the driveway pass the work bays. He jumped in the car and I screamed down the runway with his hand on the shiter. After the 1/16 mile full out run he said he thought it was the rear end. (Whatever that means). Ok I thought and left to return when my new window moldings came in.(That's another story)

Back to today. On my way home tonight the radiator light came on again?????????? When I drove in my complex the light blinked on and off as I made a few turns (which made since if the coolant level was still low) and when I drove in the driveway the temp gauge spiked up to over 3/4. I shut the car down and restarted it after opening the hood and ever so slowly removed the cap to the reservoir.

No overflow anywhere. No strange noises. Belt ok. I called the dealer and said I would have her towed in in the morning.

Started the car back up and took a little ride. Hmmmmmmmmm. The temperature was fine. No sensor lights. '

Go figure. Could the water pump be going? It was replaced a couple of months ago. A GREMLIN.

Good thing I have an extended warranty.

 

Sounds like a malfunctioning thermostat, restricted radiator or bad water pump. This happened to me in another car on the interstate. I would be driving along all happy and out of nowhere it would start getting hot and I'd have to pull over and let it cool down. Then drive another 6 hours and bam, once again. On mine it was the water pump.

Les

 

Thermastat replacement sounds like it should be step # 1. It was interesting to just sit there and watch the temperature spike. Who knows maybe when I slowly released the pressure in the res that that somehow solved the problem. I'll know tommorow.

 

COLIC: You have an air bubble possibly, was the antifreeze changed??? Be well Woody

 

As Woody stated I think you have air in the system. Bleed the system or have the service department bleed it.

 

Check to see if the cooling fans are working, maybe the plug near the top of the radiator is loose.

 

Seems like a correct analysis. No problems today - to work and a 50 mile drive then back to the dealer.

 

I'm far from a techy but it does sound like some air in your coolant.

 

Dealer canot find any overheating problem. Replacing resorvour cap. I tend to think it was an air thing. The Motor mount broke again. Have not done any racing lately. Just a fluke as they were replaced a couple of weeks ago. Rear end bushings being replaced. Window moulding being replaced on Friday. Should be ready for the weekend.

I think my SRT is almost showroom new with all the parts I have had replaced.

 

I agree with others you probably had an air bubble in the coolant.

But i want to make sure im understanding this correctly...you have now broken 2 motor mounts? Driver or passenger side? How do you know when they break(what does the car do)? No one i know of has broken a crossfire motor mount.

 

Very easy to tell. When you accelerate hard the shifter will move. If that does not convince you. Raise the hood and put the car in drive and keep your foot on the brake like you are going to do a burn out and watch the engine try and literally jump out of the engine bay. It will lurch upward to the right.

 

Good thing you're still under warranty. I had some motor mounts on a Feiro replaced and it was pretty expensive. Of course the mid-engine didn't help things.

 

I just wrote about the motor mounts and did a posting about it, enjoy Woody

https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...ad.php?t=32489

 

saw that post woody,, thanks ,, now i know i have to tie my left mount down. jim