Overheating and Mechanic-Less

[Trey T]

I highly suggest that you secure the cap properly and watch to see if the coolant system is working properly like the fans come on. It's very easy to messed up. I've done it but caught it on time.

The needle should be bt the 8 and 0 of 180.

Why didn't porsche have a middle mark like all of the other luxury sport cars? Does the new one simplify the coolant temp guage? I think porsche overthink on that one.

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by Trey T

I highly suggest that you secure the cap properly and watch to see if the coolant system is working properly like the fans come on. It's very easy to messed up. I've done it but caught it on time.

The needle should be bt the 8 and 0 of 180.

Why didn't porsche have a middle mark like all of the other luxury sport cars? Does the new one simplify the coolant temp guage? I think porsche overthink on that one.

Because the dash gauge is both non linear and woefully inaccurate, I would not be overly concerned where it rests..............

[rock88hard]

Well, I got some splendid f*n news for me! The freakin drain cap is on so tight that bent my allen wrench and stripped the corners on the cap. It's either rusted on there with the strength of Ironman, or German's don't know their righty tightys. I'll try some PB blaster on it if I can get some tomorrow.

The most concerning part now is after 10 minutes of sitting in idle and pump the gas pedal, the gauge still reads 100 and my heater isn't working even tho it's on high.

Feel like it will never end :-/

Thanks for the advice with the cleaner Jeff. With how fussy it's being I wouldn't have trusted anything other than distilled water. That is if I can even get this cap off.