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I wake up this morning and decide to get breakfast. As I'm at a red light, it turns green and I start driving when all of a sudden my Nissan 2007 350z starts to act up. I press on the gas and the car would just accelerate and yet my feet are still on the gas and it completely decelerates. It felt like the feeling when you have to throw up and you gargle on and off, it felt the same way with my car it would accelerate and completely not work making a weird on and off sound. I get nervous and pull over to notice that my temperature gauge is almost to the top. I immediately turn off the car and waited about 30 minutes to drive back home where I had to keep stopping and turning off the car to get home. Since I've parked the car I haven't touched it, scared of the fact I can cause more damage to the car. Can anyone help me with this problem? Is it a water pump failure, collapsed radiator hoses, clogged radiator, ext... These are pictures of the tempeture of my car, this is not noprmal and i wopuld like to know why????
I'll try this later in the day, the hoses seem fine and the coolant level is good as well. When I bleed the system, will a lot of coolants flow out?? Also, will I need to lift the car with a jack for this process, in other words, is it necessary to do so?
I'll try this later in the day, the hoses seem fine and the coolant level is good as well. When I bleed the system, will a lot of coolants flow out?? Also, will I need to lift the car with a jack for this process, in other words, is it necessary to do so?
Just look on youtube at bleeding the 350z, you'll see for yourself - yes raise the front but mainly do what he does in the video.
You won't loose any coolant, just disconnect the pipe when it's COLD and reconnect it like his. Once all the bubbles stop, give it another 5 mins or so to be sure, wait several hours for the coolant to go cold and reconnect it all like it originally was. It's simple and the easiest way to do it (I did it a few weeks ago for the first time), it may take 10-40 mins depending on the potential air in the system.
Keep an eye on your temp though !
Shut it off if it's overheating, as it may not be air and could be something else, this is just one of the first things to check
Last edited by RobPhoboS; Feb 14, 2019 at 06:12 AM.
Did the check engine light come on? If it did, obviously check the DTC, it may be a coolant temp sensor failure causing the engine to go into a limp or protection mode. If you haven’t done any work on the cooling system lately, air entering the system sounds odd, however the false readings of hot coolant are very commonly air. I’ve recently bless a VQ35 and by far the easiest and proper way is to use a coolant bleed funnel. Basically a funnel that screws to your rad cap and raises the level of your coolant so the air can escape from the top. It works great, and is a one man job.
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