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Yes, I agree, a car sitting around develops its own set of issues compared to one driven all the time. I did have to drain out the gas and flush out the brake fluid, and still have to replace a few of the fuel lines at the rubber connections that are a bit spongy. Other than that everything looks good. It was garaged stored and for the most part the service done on the car was done well before it was needed (Trans flush, rear end gear oil change, etc). So luckily no other major bugs…so far.
I finally had some time to take a closer look. There is a lot to be said for checking the obvious first which I should have done in the first place. I checked the condition of the belts which are fine but did not check the tension on the belts. The belt that goes from the water pump to the power steering pump was loose. This belt looks newer than the other belts so it just looks like the new belt stretched out from all the driving I did. The a/c was just putting an extra load on the engine causing the belt to slip more so the a/c looks fine. So I just have to tighten this belt and everything should be good. Thanks for the help.
Yes, I agree, a car sitting around develops its own set of issues compared to one driven all the time. I did have to drain out the gas and flush out the brake fluid, and still have to replace a few of the fuel lines at the rubber connections that are a bit spongy. Other than that everything looks good. It was garaged stored and for the most part the service done on the car was done well before it was needed (Trans flush, rear end gear oil change, etc). So luckily no other major bugs…so far.
I finally had some time to take a closer look. There is a lot to be said for checking the obvious first which I should have done in the first place. I checked the condition of the belts which are fine but did not check the tension on the belts. The belt that goes from the water pump to the power steering pump was loose. This belt looks newer than the other belts so it just looks like the new belt stretched out from all the driving I did. The a/c was just putting an extra load on the engine causing the belt to slip more so the a/c looks fine. So I just have to tighten this belt and everything should be good. Thanks for the help.
Thanks again for all the replies. Brakes are pretty much new (including the calipers) and the wheels spin freely by hand. There is no whine coming from the rear end and no leaks. I doubt it is the radiator being plugged up as it ran fine for my 2 hour trip up, the issue was on the way back (outside temperature was about the same). The car came with a booklet of well documented service that was done to the car. It has 36,000 original miles, the fan clutch was replaced in 2006 and since then it only had 5000 miles on it. The rad was replaced in 91 and since then the coolant was replaced in 2004, (at 29,000 miles) so changing out the fluid is on my list. However, it does note that the A/C compressor was just replaced in 2013. Anyway, thanks for the FAQ link on overheating Eric, I will read up on this to make my checklist. It will probably be a week or more before I post back on what I find out as I need to find the time between work to pick away at it. As soon as I have it figured out, or get stumped, I will post back.
Thanks again for all the replies. Brakes are pretty much new (including the calipers) and the wheels spin freely by hand. There is no whine coming from the rear end and no leaks. I doubt it is the radiator being plugged up as it ran fine for my 2 hour trip up, the issue was on the way back (outside temperature was about the same). The car came with a booklet of well documented service that was done to the car. It has 36,000 original miles, the fan clutch was replaced in 2006 and since then it only had 5000 miles on it. The rad was replaced in 91 and since then the coolant was replaced in 2004, (at 29,000 miles) so changing out the fluid is on my list. However, it does note that the A/C compressor was just replaced in 2013. Anyway, thanks for the FAQ link on overheating Eric, I will read up on this to make my checklist. It will probably be a week or more before I post back on what I find out as I need to find the time between work to pick away at it. As soon as I have it figured out, or get stumped, I will post back.
Thanks for the replies. The coolant level is good and there is no leaks. The rad cap looks fine as well. I will probably end up replacing both to be on the safe side as I am not sure if they were ever replaced.