2000 Pathfinder Waterfalls?

livemeyer
Wed, 20 Jul 2011 06:55:18 +0000
Maintenance/Repairs

I recently bought a clunker of a Nissan Pathfinder, 2000 model year with 150,000 miles. Needs a bit of work here and there, but a complete, running truck for $1500 was a good deal. But about the engine: apparently between 148k and 149k the head gasket blew due to low coolant, and was repaired. Now, I didn’t notice this on my first test drive, but I did a few days ago when I drove it and now own it: I gunned it hard to get into traffic and I heard a sudden whooshing sound, like water was rushing around in the engine or heater core. This is a bit of a surprise as there doesn’t seem to be a coolant leak, and the temperature gauge is at normal. Is it a concern?

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