[Anthony Schelin]

I have to get one of those funnels and try it with the radiator cap off. I will update as soon as I get a chance. Again thanks for the help

[Anthony Schelin]

I have to get one of those funnels and try it with the radiator cap off. I will update as soon as I get a chance. Again thanks for the help

[Anthony Schelin]

yes I got a fail safe termostat, I forgot what they called it. I am hit or miss with autozone, some people there are great and have helped a lot and some are worthless. I have an advance but it is a little more out of the way for me to get to.

so right when my wife came home(45 min drive) I went out and looked at it. the temp gauge was at 100 (the bottom of the scale) I played around with the radiator cap (stupidly with the car running) and figured out how to get it off

I don’t know if you have ever worked on one of these I assume most minivans are the same, everything is crammed in the engine compartment and there is a support bar right in front of the radiator cap. . . witch is angled into the car.

So… I got the cap off and, of course, fluid started shooting out all over the place. I noticed though that the fluid was a little warm at first and then cold after a couple seconds.

What I don’t understand is the temp gauge does work because if you idle when the car is warmed up it will go up a little and I can tell the engine isn’t overheating so where is all of the heat going? if it isn’t circulating because of a clog or something wouldn’t the engine overheat?

also the fan don’t turn on but they never need to. I can’t imagine it is just because it had been winter, there have been days that were fairly warm and still no overheating.

sorry if I rambled, just trying to give you as much info as possible,
Thanks again for the help

[Anthony Schelin]

yes I got a fail safe termostat, I forgot what they called it. I am hit or miss with autozone, some people there are great and have helped a lot and some are worthless. I have an advance but it is a little more out of the way for me to get to.

so right when my wife came home(45 min drive) I went out and looked at it. the temp gauge was at 100 (the bottom of the scale) I played around with the radiator cap (stupidly with the car running) and figured out how to get it off

I don’t know if you have ever worked on one of these I assume most minivans are the same, everything is crammed in the engine compartment and there is a support bar right in front of the radiator cap. . . witch is angled into the car.

So… I got the cap off and, of course, fluid started shooting out all over the place. I noticed though that the fluid was a little warm at first and then cold after a couple seconds.

What I don’t understand is the temp gauge does work because if you idle when the car is warmed up it will go up a little and I can tell the engine isn’t overheating so where is all of the heat going? if it isn’t circulating because of a clog or something wouldn’t the engine overheat?

also the fan don’t turn on but they never need to. I can’t imagine it is just because it had been winter, there have been days that were fairly warm and still no overheating.

sorry if I rambled, just trying to give you as much info as possible,
Thanks again for the help

[Anthony Schelin]

The thermostat was whatever they gave me at autozone, I assumed (stupid I know) that they gave me the right one. If you mean to radiator fan then it don’t think it ever turns on, I will have my wife leave the car on when she gets home and see what’s going on with it. She has a 45 min drive, mostly highways, and it never gets above 100. I will let it run when she gets home so i know the engine is warm.

I could’t get the radiator cap off this morning before she left but the bleeder was shooting out coolant. again I will try to play around with it when she gets here and see what I can do.

Thanks,
-Tony

[Anthony Schelin]

The thermostat was whatever they gave me at autozone, I assumed (stupid I know) that they gave me the right one. If you mean to radiator fan then it don’t think it ever turns on, I will have my wife leave the car on when she gets home and see what’s going on with it. She has a 45 min drive, mostly highways, and it never gets above 100. I will let it run when she gets home so i know the engine is warm.

I could’t get the radiator cap off this morning before she left but the bleeder was shooting out coolant. again I will try to play around with it when she gets here and see what I can do.

Thanks,
-Tony

[Anthony Schelin]

I bled to system, it seems good, the car still will not get up to temp. I ran it after bleeding it for 20 minutes or so and still barely made it over 100 degrees.

Of course it’s only 6 degrees outside right now.

-Tony

[Anthony Schelin]

I bled to system, it seems good, the car still will not get up to temp. I ran it after bleeding it for 20 minutes or so and still barely made it over 100 degrees.

Of course it’s only 6 degrees outside right now.

-Tony

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