Loss in power after overheating

[caspertheskater]

When I got my 91 camry the radiator had a crack in it and the water I had in it would need to be refilled every month or so. ( I had no coolant at the time) About a week ago I was goin to a friends house and it started to overheat really badly. His house was only about 5-10 min farther so I kept on going. (bad idea I know). When I left his house I refilled it with some water and noticed the crack was huge in the radiator so i towed it to my house and replaced the radiator. The temperature stays midway now and is fine but I noticed a big loss in power after the car warms up (about 5 minutes after starting it up). When you arent accelerating it is fine but as you accelerate it is kinda studdery and bumpy. Theres no white smoke coming out the exaust and the oil looks pure. If anyone has any idea what could be wrong with it it would be helpful and any help would be much appreciated!

[AnTi-PooN]

see if there is any filmy oily stuff ontop of the coolant when you open the radiator.... if so a headgasket leak

[ash7]

see if there is any filmy oily stuff ontop of the coolant when you open the radiator.... if so a headgasket leak

true!

another symptom of a blown headgasket is the coolant looking milky or bubbles when the engine is running.

Perform a compression test on all cylinders, and be sure to post the results.
You may also have burnt some valves.

-jonathan

[caspertheskater]

will do. I appreciate it!!!!!

[allmotoronly]

can you hear any sounds coming from the engine? you may have warped the head ever so slightly to where there is a compression leak somewhere.

[lsxtreme]

can you hear any sounds coming from the engine? you may have warped the head ever so slightly to where there is a compression leak somewhere.

yeap yeap . . thas wat i was bout to say. possible warped the head when you were running it ..