Today's Austin tourism plans got derailed today due to the Valkyrie overheating. Yep, all of a sudden the temperature gauge shot up to hot, Hot, HOT! and steam started pouring out from under the hood. Fortunately for me, I had just been showing Dad around the GHBC campus, so we were able to pop the hood, let the engine cool a little, and refill the radiator with enough water from the church kitchen to allow me to drive the G to the dealership to have it looked at all emergency-like. Even better, I was able to take it into the dealership and get a loaner today so that we can still get around until they tell me what's wrong.
I'm not really looking forward to hearing how much it's going to cost me because, of course, the car is just out of warranty (as of March). And overheating can usually indicate anything from a simple, relatively cheap repair like a hose replacement to a water pump issue that can be a multi-hour repair and cost boucoup bucks. Ouch. Here's to hoping that it's the former (or at least some sort of part recall that I'm not aware of or something like that) and that I'll end up paying less than a c-note for the repairs and an oil change.
Cross yer fingers, kidz....
Sounds like the thermostat needs to be replaced.
Yep, that's exactly the problem. They're going to have to replace it and flush the coolant (where the real labor cost is going to be). It's not going to be fun, but hey, it has to be done.
It doesn't really have to be done, unless you're annoyed to pull over every 5 minutes to wait an hour to refill your radiator.
Which, as luck would have it, I am.