Temperature humidity index is calculated in the shade. Ideas from the Foothils of the Rockies: Rather than even more watering, I put up a shade cloth/tarp suspended between two step ladders with bungie cords. the plants seem to appreciate the shade during the hottest part of the day. When watering that much, I would fear leaching nutrients and minerals from the soil. Consider replacing the calcium and calcium processing friends. Some folks suggest ignoring MINOR wilt during heat spells; the plant infrastructure cant keep up with the needed fluid requirements , and there is not much helpful one can do at that time with water and fertilizer--when the temperature drops, some tugor returns. By morning the plant looks good. But, here WE get maybe 12 days with Temperature above 92F. what do we know about continued high heat? We worry more about first and last freezes coming early. d

Hasn't anypone done any measuring to identify the amount of battery drain? Or is everyone guessing? First of all, with everyting off includig the engine, measure the amount of current drain at the battery terminals. There can be a very samll anount taken by the clock and 'keep alive' memory. A security system may take the most. The draw should be very samll, in the millamp ramge. A good repair manual may have the number, but these small drains are seldom discussed in the maintence manual if it is insignificent to begin with. Measuring the current draw may help identify the source. Maybe a small lamp is lighted. Hidden lamps are glove box, trunk lid, and under hood lamp. Some auto have a 'reading lamp' located in the rear passenger compartment. I had one that was on the wall above the rear seat. Its switch was not obvious. It was turned on by rotating the fixture. Once on, this lamp stays on even after the doors are shut and the suto vacated. It is manually operated. If a search of car turns up nothing, then its time to begin tracing where the leak is at. This could be a terdious process since it could anywhere or anything especially if the car has been lightening struck as stated above. If you are certain the damage was by lightening, it may be covered as storm damage by your insurnace. Check your policy. I know of one case where a Ford Van was fried by lightening. Many components were ruined including the engine controller (computer). The shop decided to replace the entire wiring harnesses including some lamp sockets. This seemed expensive, but the cost was on par with paying a technician to track down all damages, and then it could not be assured that everthing would be found. But before going the drastic route of complete replacement, try to ascertain for sure the cause of the damage. Did someone do a jump start and momentarily reverse the jumper cables? One or more alternator diodes could spoiled, for example.

Jem is right on with his impression of how to deal with this. It is simply a coolant flow, or heat transfer issue. One other possibility is water pump impeller failure/erosion. Using a scan tool to watch the engine temperature as it changes through various engine loads and speeds one can often determine if it has an airflow (heat transfer) problem or if it is a coolant speed issue. I use my infrared thermometer to measure surface temperatures of the radiator both with the coolant fans running and off to try and measure for cold spots which would be signs of restrictions in the radiator. Suprisingly, waterpumps that have a plastic impeller that has fallen completely off will often times still move enough coolant to cool an engine at idle or under a light engine load. The temperature may be higher than "normal" which would be 198f-207f while driving steady speed on the road. With an impeller failure something like 205f-215f might be seen, and almost as soon as you pull over, or especially while coasting you will see a drop in the temperature . This is an indication that if the coolant moves quick enough in relationship to the heat the engine is generating then the cooling system would perform as expected. Unfortunately with few exceptions, if a failed waterpump impeller is suspected the only way to check it is to remove the pump, and then you should just plan to replace it while it's off anyway. Of course with a Neon, that usually means a timing belt, idler pulleys, and updated tensioner and rear cover if it has not already had the up-grade. Failure to repair this will of course result in a blown headgasket and that could be just about considered fatal to a 95 Neon cost wise.

Treat the problems as seperate issues, and accurately diagnose one at a time.