Hey, this is Steve and Ryan posting-
Picking up Steve's (Trogdor's) 92 Loyale, it had been sitting for a while and had broken a timing belt. We put in a brand new thermostat and water pump as well as the tbelts. The car seems to run fine, but sometimes heats up. We took it on the interstate and after climbing a long hill, the gauge crept up almost to the red line. The car then cooled down within a few minutes. On the way back, the temp gauge stayed in the normal range, even after climbing the same hill. Around the neighborhood it stays in the normal range as well. The coolant IS circulating- we have heat.
The car is also leaking/burning off coolant from somewhere in the left front, but we can't find any wet spots. It may just be runoff from boiling coolant from the overflow thank when the car got hot going up the hill.
We pulled over when the car heated up. The engine doesn't feel much hotter than normal, the radiator is cool enough to touch, and so is the radiator cap. Both radiator hoses are warm, but the upper hose is a bit warmer.
I highly doubt this is an internal engine problem, as the car cooled down FAST and never gave any indication of heating up on the way home. There's no smoke and no obvious coolant leaks major enough to cause this.
HELP! We have to get this car back to PA!