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Originally Posted by DJ Happy
My car was overheating about a month ago, so I took it to the dealer and they diagnosed some internal leaks and ended up replacing the radiator and the water pump.
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Originally Posted by DJ Happy
Leaking into the engine rather than leaking onto the ground was their explanation.
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These two statements blare loudly to me DON'T EVER GO BACK TO THAT CON ARTIST SHOP AGAIN!
If they said it was leaking into the enigine, WTF did they replace the waterpump and radiator? Neither one are in ANY way capable of causing an INTERNAL leak into the engine! IMPOSSIBLE! The waterpump on the 97 camaro is mounted on the front of the engine, and is only able to transfer water out of, and then back into the water passages, nothing else. The radiator is connected to the engine via the waterpump inlet, and the thermostat housing, neither of which is able to allow the water to to "internally leak" into the engine. Most likely, you do have a head gasket leak, if there really IS an internal leak, but I would go right to the owner with the reciepts and DEMAND my money back, or Threaten to call the Better Business Buero! They ripped you of TOTALLY!
And by the way, the the 97 Camaro uses electric coolin fans, because of the raking back of the hood. So make sure THOSE are working. Personally overheating when standing still, but not while moving would be more like a fan issue, but I would check to make sure you don't have an internal leak, just to be on the safe side. Check your engine oil, is is white and milky? Does your coolant level get low? or stay the same? Do you have External leaks? Look at all that stuff first.