Rellik29
03-20-2007, 04:33 AM
This is my first post, and I was looking all over the place to see if i could find the solution to my problem, but it looks like I got an odd one...
To sum it all up, I was on my way to work and a HUGE rock fell off of a truck in the lane next to me as It rolled around violently. The SUV behind the truck swerved to the right, nicked the rock and shot it into my lane. Needless to say, it went dead-center under my car, slammed right into my oil pan taking it out.
My whole front end of my car lifted into the air with a HUGE bang. I pulled over as fast as i can, kicked it in neutral (not a stick) and shut off the car as I coast to a safe stop on the side of the road.
I checked under the car and it smashed a hole in the oil pan where you could seriously stick your head in it and it also bent my cross member badly.
I took it to the shop, they replaced the pan, cross member, and aligned the car. I didn't kill the engine, it runs just as well as it did w/o the damage.
Now, to the heating part. I drove it home and it was perfect, took it on the highway and everything, not a single problem. Now as the days go by it seems to get warmer. I checked the fluid level on the car the anti freeze on the car smelt like soap and really bubbly. I wait for it to 100% cool off and drained the radiator, toped it off, run it, then let it sit for the night.
I go to work every morning at 6:00am with a good 20-25mins drive going about 60 on average, its cooler (i live in Arizona) in the morning so there is no need for the A/C. The gauge sits at the center with nothing wrong. Now, when i get to work and stop in the parking lot, it moves a hair over center, but just barely. I shut it off and go to work. I get out to the car at about 3:15pm-ish and start my drive home. When I am finally close to home stopping and going through the community and pull in my drive way, it starts to get warm. I pop the hood to make sure that the fan is on, and it is. I drove it all the way home w/o the AC just to see if that was one of the issues. I let it sit there running and it does not get any hotter, just sits there between the center (3rd line) and the 4th line (there are 5 lines on the water temp gauge, 1 being cold, 5 being hot)
I flushed the coolant 2 times now, each time i do it, the next day, it takes longer and longer for it to start to get warm. I don't know what to do! I am thinking that the rock did some internal damage to something simple. There is no water in the oil, no water leaking, and no coolant smell what-so-ever...
I looked everywhere, and I still can't figure it out. Maybe it did something to the stat, or something. One day i was driving with the A/C on, it started to get warm at about 70% the way home, turned the a/c off, and it got a tad cooler and stayed there all the way home till I stopped in my driveway, creped up a tad, and stayed there....
I am so lost on what I need to do! If anyone could give me advice, it would be awesome!
I have a 1997 318ti, obviously M44 engine, E36 series.
To sum it all up, I was on my way to work and a HUGE rock fell off of a truck in the lane next to me as It rolled around violently. The SUV behind the truck swerved to the right, nicked the rock and shot it into my lane. Needless to say, it went dead-center under my car, slammed right into my oil pan taking it out.
My whole front end of my car lifted into the air with a HUGE bang. I pulled over as fast as i can, kicked it in neutral (not a stick) and shut off the car as I coast to a safe stop on the side of the road.
I checked under the car and it smashed a hole in the oil pan where you could seriously stick your head in it and it also bent my cross member badly.
I took it to the shop, they replaced the pan, cross member, and aligned the car. I didn't kill the engine, it runs just as well as it did w/o the damage.
Now, to the heating part. I drove it home and it was perfect, took it on the highway and everything, not a single problem. Now as the days go by it seems to get warmer. I checked the fluid level on the car the anti freeze on the car smelt like soap and really bubbly. I wait for it to 100% cool off and drained the radiator, toped it off, run it, then let it sit for the night.
I go to work every morning at 6:00am with a good 20-25mins drive going about 60 on average, its cooler (i live in Arizona) in the morning so there is no need for the A/C. The gauge sits at the center with nothing wrong. Now, when i get to work and stop in the parking lot, it moves a hair over center, but just barely. I shut it off and go to work. I get out to the car at about 3:15pm-ish and start my drive home. When I am finally close to home stopping and going through the community and pull in my drive way, it starts to get warm. I pop the hood to make sure that the fan is on, and it is. I drove it all the way home w/o the AC just to see if that was one of the issues. I let it sit there running and it does not get any hotter, just sits there between the center (3rd line) and the 4th line (there are 5 lines on the water temp gauge, 1 being cold, 5 being hot)
I flushed the coolant 2 times now, each time i do it, the next day, it takes longer and longer for it to start to get warm. I don't know what to do! I am thinking that the rock did some internal damage to something simple. There is no water in the oil, no water leaking, and no coolant smell what-so-ever...
I looked everywhere, and I still can't figure it out. Maybe it did something to the stat, or something. One day i was driving with the A/C on, it started to get warm at about 70% the way home, turned the a/c off, and it got a tad cooler and stayed there all the way home till I stopped in my driveway, creped up a tad, and stayed there....
I am so lost on what I need to do! If anyone could give me advice, it would be awesome!
I have a 1997 318ti, obviously M44 engine, E36 series.