Ok, so a week ago, I'm heading back to college to leave for a trip and get about 25 miles away when the temp gauge goes up to H. I pulledver at the next exit, popped the hood, and saw that the engine did not feel hot and added a bit of water to the coolant reservoir, although I don't feel it needs anything. I sit for a few minutes, but continue with the defrost on (the defrost is blowing cold, despite the temp gauge reading hot, but I know it also keeps the cooling fan running). Every few mins, the gauge starts to go down, and I get warm air coming in through the defroster, only to have it revert back again (but only for a short period of time, at this point it was mostly in the high-normal range). I get to my destination, unload my things and start the car up to park it and the check engine light came on. So today I returned, it's 0 degrees out and I put the defrost on, which only blows cold air again. The temp gauge went to Hot in the 2 mile drive across campus. I popped the hood and checked the radiator, which has plenty of pressure since it sprayed coolant. Now the hood doesn't shut (I'm assuming from the cold). But what is the cooling system problem? The car has 65k miles, and I had the cooling system flushed <5k miles ago. Do these sound like head gasket symptoms?
-Dubbs
-Dubbs