ok, so im comming home tonight, from my bro inlaws place.. some stupid rier cut me off... so i try to kick it down, well.. i had my foot to the floor, didnt kick down, BARELY went any where! then, i looked at my temp gauge, and that sucker was dam near red linin.. wtf!? at one point, i was doin 20mph, and floored, it, didnt kick down AT ALL! just kinda slooooowwwwwlyyy went. guy's help me out here! and if u say tranny, bye bye car:(, but c'mon, what is this!? ohh and, there was a weird noise commin from the engine.. sounded like a slight whistle, and almost like i had an intake on it... very weird... help me out guy's!
-Joe

Hmmm....did you check the coolant? Open the radiator cap when it's cooled off, and is it filled to the top still? Whistling sound....might of been the water pump running with no coolant.....

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well, i do need to add a lil bit of coolant... but... why is it acting the way it is? i mean... flooring it at 20mph, and BARELY moving... somethin is up.
-Joe

do you have clean tranny fluid, filled to where it should be, not under or over filled? How are ur spark plug tips looking, are they the right spark plugs for your car? make sure ur TB is clean.

as far as opening the cap up, yes, the fluid is still at the top....
-Joe

Seems werid that it overheats all of a sudden,

Im guessing it overheats at idle, but on the freeway constant speed it doesnt, and if u drive it hard in the city it will overheat?

If you dont have any coolant leaks, and if ur thermostat is okay, and ur coolant is less than 2 years old and filled up, and your belt is tight (water pump pulley not slipping) Check to see if ur low speed fan is working.

My ciera was overheating and everything was fine, cept the low speed fan didnt work, i changed the resistor for it and never overheats at all.

Also replace ur fuel filter if u dont know the last time it was replaced, or if it was ever replaced at all.

it overheats city driving, and highway... and yeah, it over heats when it idles.. i dunno, i godda pick up a friend and take him to school, if it was runni like it was tonight.. its goin right to the shop.
-Joe

You said in one of your earlier posts that you were overheating. If the temp guage is red lining, it means there is definately something wrong in your coolant system. Driving it while in this condition could lead to replacement of a head gasket, and possibly warping of the head, cracking block, all kinds of nasty things.

Dont drive if it gets hot. Beleive me. Power loss like that is not a good sign. I am not sure how you should check if the water pump is working, but make sure the thermostat gets replaced, for the few dollars it will cost you.

interesting... today, i had to go pick up a friend at school, still ran kinda chitty... only thing was, it was idling very high... makes me think.. i dunno what that's all about tho..
-Joe

take the poor thing to a professional for diagnosis ASAP

driving it like you describe could turn a simple repair into a much more expensive problem (if it isn't already)

well, how much r they gonna charge me, to look at it?
-Joe

whatever the shop rate is where you bring it... multiplied by however long it takes them to diagnose.

diagnosis isnt too expensive, but likely about 50 - 100 bucks if you DONT get it repaired, usually they waive the diag fee if they do the work.

well, this is weird.... the cutty isnt doing what it did that night.. was the only time its ever did it.. what gives?!
-Joe

Hmmm....maybe you had an air bubble in your coolant system.....but you should definately get it checked over by a shop.

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