help with overheating
help with overheating hey all, i have a 2001 m6 z28, 85k miles, that has been overheating on me. during normal driving, about 30-60mph the car runs around 220-230* but when i stop the car, or when i get on the highway at about 65-70mph the CHECK GAUGES light will come on. if i run the heat it will take it back down to 220-230 but if i turn it off it goes right into the red. Both fans are working, and i know its not the sensor because the engine does get very hot. If i turn the AC on it overheats even faster.
Today i installed a new thermostat and the car ran at about 205* for 5 minutes will sitting. Then suddenly, it got hotter than it ever has, it went all the way into the red, i checked the engine and some coolant was overflowing, but other than that all seemed normal. by the time i had finished looking under the hood, it go so hot it began to stall out.
FYI there was no gunk in the radiator when i looked, and the coolant was clean.
maybe there is air in the system? how should i go about bleeding it out?
thanks guys, i really need to get this fixed.
Today i installed a new thermostat and the car ran at about 205* for 5 minutes will sitting. Then suddenly, it got hotter than it ever has, it went all the way into the red, i checked the engine and some coolant was overflowing, but other than that all seemed normal. by the time i had finished looking under the hood, it go so hot it began to stall out.
FYI there was no gunk in the radiator when i looked, and the coolant was clean.
maybe there is air in the system? how should i go about bleeding it out?
thanks guys, i really need to get this fixed.
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hey man i had the same problem with my camaro ss. i had air in the system and what i did was pull the radiator cap off and started my car and waited for the coolant to rise in the radiator, once it got close to the top i put the cap back on and i haven't had a problem since.
don't know if this was the right thing to do or not but it seemed to do the trick. my car was overheating about a month and a half ago and it hasn't done it since.
goodluck man
don't know if this was the right thing to do or not but it seemed to do the trick. my car was overheating about a month and a half ago and it hasn't done it since.
goodluck man
