please help...overheating problems...
05-11-2006, 11:55 PM
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please help...overheating problems... ok, my engine water temp gauge flirts with the red line after ten minutes of driving it seems..the radiator starts boiling i guess or just bubbling and the reservoir spews antifreeze out. what is wrong with my car?..is the thermostat bad? cracked head? head gasket blown?..please help
05-12-2006, 09:02 AM
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check the following things:
1) level of coolant in radiator/engine/resevoir... what coolant are you using?
2) are all hoses/piping fine? no leaks?
3) do the fans come on? stock temp for fans is actually almost near the red on the temp guage, i think 235f... maybe thats why your engine never totally boils... switch on the ac... do both fans come on?
4) make sure thermo is fine
5) is water pump is fine?
if all seem ok i would give the whole system a flush and fill it up with some top grade coolant...
1) level of coolant in radiator/engine/resevoir... what coolant are you using?
2) are all hoses/piping fine? no leaks?
3) do the fans come on? stock temp for fans is actually almost near the red on the temp guage, i think 235f... maybe thats why your engine never totally boils... switch on the ac... do both fans come on?
4) make sure thermo is fine
5) is water pump is fine?
if all seem ok i would give the whole system a flush and fill it up with some top grade coolant...
05-12-2006, 09:36 AM
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it was the thermostat..i replaced it and now its running great. any way to have manual switch without buying slp? cant you do something with the relay?