2005 Chrysler 300 Coolant outlet housing.
Bleeding valve
If I recall the name correctly
Coolant outlet housing.
Bleeding valve
If I recall the name correctly
What is your question?
I was coming home from a friends an hr away and my heater cut out just started blowing cold air and then about 10 mins later my overheat light came on but my gauge wasnt showing it. It was still in the middle between hot and cold then about 5 mins maybe a lil less later smoke came from the exhaust and my temp gauge shot up to hot then shot straight down to cold stayed at cold and my throttle light came on and the overhead light came off. I was able to get to my sister's turned it off and steam was coming from under the hood. Popped it and antifreeze blew up everywhere. Put water in the antifreeze reservoir and steam started pouring out on top at the coolant outlet housing it's like it melted by the screws. What would cause it to get that hot and do that out of no where? Once I replace the coolant outlet housing will thay fix it or is something else wrong that lead that part to break like that? The car was running perfectly fine until this happened. There was no leaks either.
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Based on your description of how you lost heat after 10 minutes of driving is an indication that the vehicle was loosing coolant. When the level gets low the vehicle can no longer circulate coolant through the heater core, this causes you to lose heat. My suspicion is that the vehicle suffered a fairly serious leak while you were driving (since you had not seen a leak previously) and once the coolant level got low, everything else you're describing is consistent with an overheating cycle. The smoke coming from the exhaust is a strong indication that the head gaskets have blow. Depending on how long you drove after this point and how hot the engine got, the cylinder walls could also have suffered damage which will require a new or rebuilt engine to correct the problem fully. Most likely it is that steam in the system that caused the melted coolant outlet housing. When a vehicle is overheated to that extreme all components should be suspect and inspected; i.e.- Radiator, heater core, hoses, etc.
See that's the thing, after it cooled down enough I was able to put water (for now) into the reisevor and my car Startex perfectly fine no noise no smoke from the exhaust (although the throttle bolt thing was still on on the dash). I had to get it from my sister's to my parents house which was like 2 minutes away from each other (just a couple blocks) and it ran dine to get it there. I just can't trice it to were it get warm or the water would have spewed out. So would that mean I'd still have to replace or rebuild the engine after I put this part it since it sounded perfectly fine? Also I didn't lose heat after 10 minutes I driving. I'd been driving about 40-45 minutes then lost heat then 10 minutes later is when the overheat light came on then everything else happened
Replace the part(s) that have obviously failed .. Fill system with coolant .. Run engine to see if overheating returns .. No way to TEST the cooling system otherwise until those repairs have been made!
Absolutely. If you were able to fill the system after replacing the part and it's running fine, you may have lucked out! Gotta love it when it's something simple.
See that's the thing, after it cooled down enough I was able to put water (for now) into the reisevor and my car Startex perfectly fine no noise no smoke from the exhaust (although the throttle bolt thing was still on on the dash). I had to get it from my sister's to my parents house which was like 2 minutes away from each other (just a couple blocks) and it ran dine to get it there. I just can't trice it to were it get warm or the water would have spewed out. So would that mean I'd still have to replace or rebuild the engine after I put this part it since it sounded perfectly fine? Also I didn't lose heat after 10 minutes I driving. I'd been driving about 40-45 minutes then lost heat then 10 minutes later is when the overheat light came on then everything else happened