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Already have the oil pump seals, oil pan gasket, on the way. Diving down to pp-town just got more realistic, I'll talk to the lady and see about a road trip..

ok so I think I figured it out... Warm the car up and fan wont come on, gets warm/hot. Turn the A/C on and both fans come on, and engine cools down go figure huh? So I guess I'll start with the thermoswitch since the wiring is functional with the ac... Starting to come together, thanks for the advise.

finally getting somewhere! I'll check it in the morning and report back.

If I do come to pp town (lived there for 9 years, and know it very well) it wouldn't be for a while. I have to figure out a water issue it's having 1st before I can even take it to the store.. may be you can help with that? Part of the reason I got the car is to learn to work on it myself. Now it's the primary family car, and I just want it running asap. It's been getting hot every now and then when sitting at long idles. I thought it was just the thermostat sticking. It was only getting hot randomly. Last week after idling for a while it got really hot really fast and it wasn't being driven hard at all, it overheated and blew from the radiator cap. Drove it for a few more days and over heated agin, and blew the upper hose. I replaced the radiator hose, and thermostat. Drove it home and it seemed to do fine until it came into the drive way and started to get hot. Now it takes along time to warm up the temp climbs to normal and pauses there for a minute. It slowly climbs over normal temp and starts spraying from over fill tube with force. How do I check the thermo switch/electric cooling fans? Mechanic says that it's not warm enough to kick them on while driving.

I'll seriously consider that. I live on whidbey Is north of seattle a little.. I have alot of faith in this car, just need to find some one with the same.

to start of Hello. I've been lurking here since june when I bought my 81 gl 1800cc wagon. I bought it with 123K miles on the stock engine. Been tinkering with it since. There seem to be lots of little things going on with it but overall it's a good car. I'm not the most mechanicaly inclined person and I'm needing help figuring out where to start, and to find parts... Oil is the biggest issue, its leaking all over the place. My mechanic seems to be frustrated with the car, and not very interested in working on it or spending much time figuring out what it going on. There is constantly a small puddle of oil sitting in the air filter / air intake area. Mechanic says that its blowing oil from the valve cover and thats just the way it is.. Any ideas...? I seem to be loosing quite a bit though there and it drips through a small hole onto the front of the engine and alt belt. Is this a sign of somthing worse going on? some thing just to live with? or a simple fix in the pcv system? The oil pump is leaking around the seals, and the mechanic is saying that I need a new oil pump since "they just never go back on right". He's a good guy and not looking to make a fast buck, he's done a lot of free work and help. What are the thoughts here? I've done the basics plugs, wires, air filter, and oil filter. I'm not getting very good mileage... well, it's all over getting 17-26 anyhing else?