Hopefully its just a radiator hose & not one of the plastic parts on the sides of the radiator. We've had both split on different occasions, didn't cook anything, engine still lives on 60000km later. Temp gauge noticed before engine started doing anything wierd. The plastic on the sides of the radiator mean everything has to be detached & radiator unbolted/removed, a 2 hour job rather than 2 minute (literally).

was the temp guage needle in the red part?

and aren't u driving a 3gen RX?

ok, well my car was driven like around 15 mins maybe even 20 with no coolant. wasn't my fault, the stupid mechanics.

but i pulled over just before the needle went into the red.

and the engine is still fine, running as normal.

good sign no steam, i have been in a toyota that overheated and steam was pouring out of the engine, u could have a BBQ on the bonnet, and that car cooled down and still went on for quite a while.

it sounds like you should be fine, but there is a possibilty, that like your headgasket might be cracked now or something like that, i'm no technical expert.

good luck!

upon closer inspection, it's a hole in the radiator. more grrr. i'm hoping they can weld it or something. can't afford a new radiator at the moment.

electrical tape? thats not gonna fix it  :blink:

the radiator will be able to be fixed, there are radiator specialist around.

would be curious to know how the hole was made

i could try the egg like on mythbusters.

That worked didn't it??

We had a similar thing happen to our Hyundai (flame suit on) a couple of weeks ago the bloody radiator let go the top tank had blown up, drove around for 20mins with no water in the radiator $300 (for a new one) & 15mins installation later the thing is running sweet.

Interesting to note the car was burning oil (blue smoke) when there was no water at all the metal had contract/expanded so much so that the gaskets weren't holding the oil and it was burning it???

Although after replacing the radiator the thing runs as it used to be very interesting!

Sweet nice to hear it's all sorted before the holidays! would've been a bummer if it wasn't but fark 385? I got our new radiator for $300..

I think the engine is running fine. I haven't picked up the radiator yet. Rephrase that... Mum & Dad haven't picked up the radiator yet. And today ( Wed ) is the last day this shop is open for 3 weeks.

When my car is running, I'll have to get a photo of my Dads liberty with mine. He said he was crusing down from Qld going 150km/h and said the car wanted to go more. I drive with my Mum doing 55 in a 60 zone and shes like "SLOW DOWN YOU"RE GOING TOO FAST!!"

[QUOTE=weezer]He said he was crusing down from Qld going 150km/h and said the car wanted to go more.

Don't you worry, I've gotten mine to 190km/h with 3 people on board (on private land of course, speeding on public roads is bad) and the car still had more to go.. but I ran out of road  :angry:  so I had to back off..

It felt so stable @ 190km/h too... felt like I was doin' 100km/h.. My old bimmer I got that thing to 180km/h and it felt 180km/h unlike the Liberty the things so bloody smoooooothhhhhhh

well my break rotors are warped, so i get to 150 and everything shakes. put on the breaks and well, it shakes even harder. before this happened, i took my old RS to 180 and all was fine, didnt even feel like it was doin 180, it was cool.