Hello,
while I was driving my car today, the temperature meter raised up to almost touch the red zone. I stopped my journey halfway and opened the radiator cap and all the hot steam came out, I then topped it up with tap water again and continued my journey. Once I reached my destination the temperature had almost touched the red zone again.
On the way back from where I went to, the same thing happened... temperature went up so we stopped to remove the hot water and added cold water into the radiator. I took the car to the mechanic and he found that the radiator had a blockage in it so he lent a new one to us while he takes the old radiator to someone to clear the blockage.
My question is, would the high temperature I experienced today have any long term effects on the car's engine? piston rings, cylinder bore, etc.etc? what would be the worse that could happen?
Thanks guys.