[Fox2102]

Originally Posted by stephen Originally Posted by Fox2102 Well i flushed the radiator, refilled everything with water, I drove it for about 10 minutes and had no problems. The next day I drained some of the water out of the radiator so i could put fresh coolant in. Now it's over heating again. Dad said he could smell the heads when it got real hot so am i to assume that my heads are fucked? Did you bleed the cooling system? Air trapped in the cooling system could cause poor circulation and overheating. If it ran OK for ten minutes I doubt the problem is combustion gases going into the water jacket, which is how a blown head gasket causes overheating.

Ya i bleed it the other day when it was running fine. I Will try doing it again though to be sure

[V6boi]

IMO this shit has been happening to my for awhile till i fixed.

I broke down and my g/f dad came and started working on it. He waited for it to cool down and pressure to dissipate, and he unscrews radiator lid, and pours water into it. i was pissed and he kept saying no this is right. i was about to hit him but it guess its all that he had. I ran like that for a couple days cause ima dumbass , but i flushed it again and put antifrezze in radiator and water bottle. works just fine again , either a clog or u dont have any in your radiator after its been over heating and its just gonna cont. to do until u put some into "bottle" and the radiator itself.

Dont know if its completely fixed but its surely doest bleed half as much, if not at all now.

[Fox2102]

ya i put water and anti freeze in the radiator and the bottle and it's still over heating. but when i had just water in it it ran fine

[97TunedMustang]

so either when you ran it with just water you didnt run it long enough for it to overheat or your problem was air pockets and when you put radiator fluid into the rad. you reintroduced air bubbles into the system causing the overheating problem again. add half water and half 50/50 antifreeze and go through the proper procedure of allowing all the air bubbles out of the system one more time.if you're certain you have done it right and you still see that the engine overheats then that pretty definitively sais its your head gasket.

[Ole Yeller]

curious how this will turn out

[Fox2102]

ok i took the rad hose off the thermo housing and put water in it until air bubbles stoped comin out and toped off the water. Put the coolant in yesterday. It is running fine as of right now but tomorrow awaits. My car is bipolar i swear

[97TunedMustang]

Originally Posted by Fox2102 ok i took the rad hose off the thermo housing and put water in it until air bubbles stoped comin out and toped off the water. Put the coolant in yesterday. It is running fine as of right now but tomorrow awaits. My car is bipolar i swear

lol well i wish you luck sir

[El_Cangri]

wow a bipolar car lol...


u must had some bubbles in there

[Onemanzu]

so i don't get it i did plenty of work with my thermo and coolin system... how the hell do i know if all the bubbles are out of mine? i don't have any overheating problems or and odd behavior in the cooling of my car...

will these bubbles just work themselves out?

[oasr87]

Originally Posted by Onemanzu so i don't get it i did plenty of work with my thermo and coolin system... how the hell do i know if all the bubbles are out of mine? i don't have any overheating problems or and odd behavior in the cooling of my car... will these bubbles just work themselves out?

thats exactly what the screw on top of the thermostat is for. Start up the engine and wait untill it goes to operating temperature. Next get a 1/2 in socket and turn out the screw a little while with engine is running. wait for all the hissing to stop and until u see it dripping with coolant close the screw back on. This should get all the air bubbles out of your engine....

[El_Cangri]

there is also a lil plug somewhere.. so that when u fill up the coolant u dont trap bubbles...

[leyte]

How old is the car?If regular water is used for a long time {A couple of years}
Calcium builds up in the radiator and clogs all the small tubes preventing water to ciculate.Look inside to see a hard white substance that would be that buildup.The solution if that is the case is to replace the radiator cause it cannot be removed..Then only use "Distilled Water" from then on and it will stay clean forever and you will never have a overheating problem from a clogged radiator again.

[Juggalo_X]

Originally Posted by leyte How old is the car?If regular water is used for a long time {A couple of years} Calcium builds up in the radiator and clogs all the small tubes preventing water to ciculate.Look inside to see a hard white substance that would be that buildup.The solution if that is the case is to replace the radiator cause it cannot be removed..Then only use "Distilled Water" from then on and it will stay clean forever and you will never have a overheating problem from a clogged radiator again.

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