RE: [DMCForum] Coolant question...

[Marc Levy <malevy_nj@xxxxxxxxx>]

How old is the radiator?  Maybe it is clogged?


--- Videobob Moseley <videobob@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I am still having my over heating problem.
> I have topped off the coolant, and I have an air
> bleeder installed.
> I have wired the fans to be on full time, still the
> car over heats.
> Mostly with the AC on, you can get around OK with
> the AC off, but
> within minutes of turning the AC on the needle
> rises.
> The water appears to be flowing, and the fans are
> on....
> I must mention that I do have Hervey's new fans
> installed.
> They are very quite, you can barely hear them
> running.
> So, I am not sure if they are running as fast as
> they need to be
> because I have no frame of reference to compare them
> to because when
> I first got my car it was November, and then I
> wrecked it in July and 
> replaced
> the OEM fans with Herveys, so I have only
> experienced his fans in the 
> summer.
> The Texas summer is brutal....
> 
> I don't know why the hell the car isn't cooling, it
> was fine last summer.
> So the only things I can think of are that maybe the
> fans are for some 
> reason
> not running at full speed, or the thermostat is
> sticking, or the water pump 
> is not working
> correctly.... any suggestions?
> 
> Does anyone know what the cross reference of the
> thermostat is for Autozone?
> 
> - Videobob
> 
> 
> 
> >From: "Travis Goodwin" <tgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: <DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: [DMCForum] Coolant question...
> >Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 14:16:02 -0400
> >
> >This is a for real question.
> >
> >My car seemed to be overheating at lunch today.
> Within 3 minutes, the
> >temp was almost 200 degrees. Despite the high temp,
> the fans didn't come
> >on. That says one thing to me: air pocket.
> >
> >So, I checked the coolant level real quick and it
> was indeed low. A stop
> >at Advance Auto to top it off and the temp leveled
> off. I drove it 20
> >miles home with the temp level. It got only as high
> at 160 or so by the
> >time I navigated all the traffic.
> >
> >Do you agree that with an air pocket causing the
> thermostat to read too
> >high, it can seem as if the fans are not working
> correctly because the
> >coolant temp is not high enough to trigger the
> otterstat?
> >
> 
> 
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