I'm an extremely frustrated female who just had the AC recharged in my 2009 Honda CRV EX on 5/13/21 here in Phoenix and the vehicle seemed to be running good until I got to storage place. Had it parked there for about an hour the other night and then tried to start the engine up again but then it promptly puttered out after only a few seconds. Apparently the radiator was bone dry and so got that filled up with coolant but then the engine overheated after I had been driving around town all day which then left me stranded in a Walmart parking lot late at night. The radiator was bone dry again and the engine made this bizarre moaning sound when I turned it off but the reservoir was really bubbling over. The yellow check engine light that looks like a pump comes on for just a few seconds and then it flashes exactly four times but then it goes off again. Decided to get my CRV towed back across town for fear of driving it again and possibly ruining the engine since just couldn't figure out what's wrong. The vehicle starts up 24 hours later without any problems except for that yellow light again but I'm not going to drive it anywhere else until further investigation. Finally got to borrow that Fix Finder gadget from my local Auto Zone nearby and the only code that showed up after testing was P0117 which is the ECT Sensor thing. My brother who lives in OK does think it's the water pump going out but he's merely speculating by process of elimination at this point. Thank you so much for helping me out, Scotty!
If you are not mechanically inclined and used to working on cars, you might want to have your car towed to a shop that you trust. Overheating that engine could easily be the death of it. Chances are that the repair will not be too expensive at this point unless you blew the head gasket.
Agreed, don't take chances, a good way to kill an engine is overheating it.
P0117 is most likely the byproduct of the overheated engine. You have to track where the coolant is leaking/“disappearing” first:
https://www.obd-codes.com/p0117
Car overheated lost all water. Radiator has been replaces, but it is idling rough.
If the temperature sensor was extremely heat stressed would that affect its operating capabilities, thus creating an issue with the computer controlling the timing?
Well, the coolant is clearly going someplace. Watch Scotty’s video using UV dye and special glasses to track where it is leaking. Start there first (after filling up with coolant of course):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rDuGeQnMOzk
Also see:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=evpaTW2WJ5Y