I had the battery tested, it was bad. I put in a new one. ($34 with the prorated warranty on the bad one).

Went out and drove it around, for a while (10 miles) it behaved. then while accelerating hard at ~5000 rpm, the AC switched on (I think this is supposed to cut OUT on accel) and it may have locked up, it for sure burnt the clutch up and ruined the belt.

Then it starts bucking some under heavy accel, maybe not as bad as before, but no warning lights or total failure. When I get home 10 min later coolant is pouring out the bottom off the skid plate under rear of engine. Coolant temp gauge never showed a temp rise so I hope enough was circulating to prevent doing damage. No level in radiator under cap. Some is sizzling on top of intake manifold also. I cant find the leak and it got dark, so Ill look tomorrow. I drove this some yesterday after completing the work, and had no problems or leaks. It is NOT leaking from any hose connections I touched, I can see them all and they are dry.

How many damn things can suddently go wrong with a vehicle that has given me almost NO real problems in 14 yrs!!!!

I think I got my gaskets from autopartsgiant.com. Thats where I usually mailorder stuff from if I can, they have good pictures to make sure its the right parts, etc , low prices, and very fast delivery. I got the felpro stuff, they have several to choose from. Mine arrived in one day, it was obviously shipped from a location close to me.


It may be time to scrap this vehicle. Its been a good one, but to fix all this stuff could end up costing more than I would ever be able to get out of it.