o i have a book too lol its one of those manuals from autozone about the ltx and lsx engine and forgive me for my ignorance lol im a lil bit new to the scene. I used to hate my car untill i found out what it was , my dad left it for me after he died RIP so i just thought i should fix it up lol its wat he wouldve wanted. im learning alot from you guys tho
BTW my car gets to 210 really quick like 10 min after i drive it is this normal or what?

 

might be the water pump or air in the system like stated before

 

if the t stat is stuck closed then itll hurt the engine. be praying its stuck open.

waterpump, t stat, air, or an obstruction is the cause.

 

You can post all in one you know As well as edit it with the edit button in the lower right of your own posts.

That wasn't exactly the manual I was referring to, but it will help some. That's a pretty thin book by comparison.

If a shop did it I'm sure they put new fluid in, or at least I REALLY hope so. In which case, it'd be 50/50 already and SHOULD get bled out by their machine. If it was a local gas station with a service shop and a younger kid working, then I'd be a bit worried that it wasn't done all that properly. If it was a bit of a shady looking shop w/o a lot of high dollar looking equipment, it might be a fair guess it was only "hand" bled, or not done all the way. A cheap and easy way to do it yourself is to buy what they call a Burp Funnel. It screws into place of your cap, for a tight fit, and then holds a fair amount more coolant. When the thermostat opens up and the air goes into the radiator, it exits through the funnel and then fills the gap up with coolant until theres little/no air left in the system. As said, there's a bleeder valve on our motors, but unless you've got the system open and are refilling it while the air is bled out, it won't help any.

So now I'd have to say it's 50-50 chance that it's air in the system or a bad thermostat. Of course, it always COULD be something else, those seem the most likely.

And if you are just a little low on coolant, you can throw in a bit of water or straight antifreeze. If you are filling up a lot and your overflow is dry, then yes do 50/50. It's handy to keep a bottle filled 50/50 in your car, as well as a quart or two of Oil and Transfluid. If you're ever running low on power steering, it's making a bad whine when you turn or it's stuttering a bit (probably just about empty then) you can top it off with Tranny Fluid. There's all sorts of short cuts you can use in the automotive field, but always remember to do it just in moderation.

 

during the summer mine is almost all water.... keeps **** a lot easier to keep cooler.

 

Yea, all the Antifreeze does is help prevent it from freezing, and raises the boiling temp. It does soak up alot of heat, your Engine will not Boil the Coolant, but it will get hot..

 

Silly Merv. Another main property is to lubricate the water pump. You think it's slippery just cause?

 

it has KY in it i think.

 

KY Thermal....

 

KY LT1 heating gel. Optispark safe

 

ok i will be sure to look into all of this today thanks for the help everyone especially formula 350 ill keep yall posted , im ordering the tstat and manual fan switch today.

 

Naw, it wasn't just me. I just typed more and went into more detail lol G/L though.

 

Actually the ethyl alcohol in antifreeze does not have a proper lubricating property to keep the water pump lubricating and working properly, hence the reason we put water in the system. B/c if antifreeze did have that property we would all be running straight antifreeze in our engines and no water. Water boils at 212 and most modern engines efficiently operate near that temp so the introduction of at least 40% coolant is the best idea for a fine running machine. Now as for OP it really sounds like you have air in your system, or a faulty water pump. I might check the T-stat though that is not likely the root. How many miles are on the engine and cooling system? Has the water pump or t-stat been replaced b4, what shop did the hose replacement? Just a few questions to help us get to the root of this situation.

 

He probably won't know the first two questions since it was his dad's car.

I don't know if I understood you right, but if you're saying water has more lubricative properties than coolant, than I'd have to say you have a screw loose >_> If you're saying that the water does something to the coolant to make it more lubricative, then that's a diff story and believable.