Help...overheating!!!!!
Cargo Master
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The air bubble will come out all by itself. When you first fill your radiator and start running your car you'll see the level drop. You fill it back up and it drops again. Keep doing that until it stops dropping. What's happening is that the air inside the system is being pumped to the radiator and escaping and as you fill it back up you're replacing air with coolant. Then after you let it run to operating temperature, the thermostat opens and any air trapped behind it will then be pumped to the radiator. It may take a few days but it will get out. Then you check your coolant level again and fill it back up. Keep doing this until it remains full.
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Joined: Dec 2004
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From: Raleigh
This is a one in a million, but I had my water pump shaft split on me at the blade side causing a similar problem. It was a new pump and had given me a bad headache before figuring that one out. The new pump was not pumping! Don't buy those cheap rebuilt pumps!
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From: Ephrata USA
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"- Check the weep hole in the water pump shaft. Tere is one hole on the top and another on the bottom. Coolant can leak out the bottom and you will not see it." this is a good one, but if it IS weepeing make sure to replace it shortly, this is a very bad sign it means your pump is leaking internally. another thing you could do, especially witrh the loss of your cab heat, is to drain your system and unhook your hoses to your heater core, and if you have access to one use a hot-water pressure washer and blow it out, those dont seem to take to regular system flushes too well from the ones i have seen done, but this will help alot if your core is plugged. hope this info helps and good luck!
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From: Central NY
Truss,
Did you get this resolved?
I always get a Prestone flush and fill kit for my vehicles, about $3 us, and they seem to keep air at a minimum to me.
My brother-in-law had a similar perplexing problem that turned out to be 2 problems. His first mistake was that when he drained he didn't flush, thereby leaving old antifreeze in so when he added new 5/50 type they mixed. Turns out they don't mix well. We fixed that and then I found his other problem. It was that he didn't mix his 5/50 with water. It needs to be at least 30% water or won't cool worth a dam either.
In any case, I hope you stay cool!
Popa Tim
Did you get this resolved?
I always get a Prestone flush and fill kit for my vehicles, about $3 us, and they seem to keep air at a minimum to me.
My brother-in-law had a similar perplexing problem that turned out to be 2 problems. His first mistake was that when he drained he didn't flush, thereby leaving old antifreeze in so when he added new 5/50 type they mixed. Turns out they don't mix well. We fixed that and then I found his other problem. It was that he didn't mix his 5/50 with water. It needs to be at least 30% water or won't cool worth a dam either.
In any case, I hope you stay cool!
Popa Tim
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