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I put in a OEM one, and I bled the air on Wednesday,I checked the level the next day and it dropped, I bled it again and added more coolant as needed, so far so good.
Back. 2 weeks ago I got a block tester. I tested it after a 20 min drive driving kinda hard in 90 degree weather with the AC on. The color did not change. Then I went and put a new sending unit on, still runs hot, it only overheats a bar now and will stay there, and then come down to normal. I checked the hose temp when it was reading a bar above normal and when I opened the hood the fan was on and the top hose was at like 200 degrees and bottom was at 185-188. It would overheat if im at idle or going 30-40 it doesn’t matter. I’m gonna bleed the air tomorrow cause I put the thermostat back in yesterday so I’m gonna see if the level dropped and bleed it once more. I mean what gives? Rad, water pump, sender, thermostat, and still runs hot. Can it be a passage thats clogged possibly?
Back. 2 weeks ago I got a block tester. I tested it after a 20 min drive driving kinda hard in 90 degree weather with the AC on. The color did not change. Then I went and put a new sending unit on, still runs hot, it only overheats a bar now and will stay there, and then come down to normal. I checked the hose temp when it was reading a bar above normal and when I opened the hood the fan was on and the top hose was at like 200 degrees and bottom was at 185-188. It would overheat if im at idle or going 30-40 it doesn’t matter. I’m gonna bleed the air tomorrow cause I put the thermostat back in yesterday so I’m gonna see if the level dropped and bleed it once more. I mean what gives? Rad, water pump, sender, thermostat, and still runs hot. Can it be a passage thats clogged possibly?
I bled the air again and I noticed no bubbles as it was warming up, but once it got close to temp I saw a good amount of bubbles come up then stop, I also forgot to put the temp to hot, I put it on hot and small bubbles started to come out of my funnel, then I took off the funnel and coolant just started to overflow, no extreme bubbles, engine was revving at like 2k, no overheat, put the cap on and the car idles smoother, accelerates smoother without that hesitation or misfire, and I now have heat at idle. Taking out my license plate helped a lot too. Now it’s time to wait.
I bled the air again and I noticed no bubbles as it was warming up, but once it got close to temp I saw a good amount of bubbles come up then stop, I also forgot to put the temp to hot, I put it on hot and small bubbles started to come out of my funnel, then I took off the funnel and coolant just started to overflow, no extreme bubbles, engine was revving at like 2k, no overheat, put the cap on and the car idles smoother, accelerates smoother without that hesitation or misfire, and I now have heat at idle. Taking out my license plate helped a lot too. Now it’s time to wait.
Look where the plate was, I think It’s supposed to sit higher right? [IMG]http://i60.tinypic.com/2i8gf2f.jpg[/IMG]
Look where the plate was, I think It’s supposed to sit higher right? [IMG]http://i60.tinypic.com/2i8gf2f.jpg[/IMG]
I noticed the past owners cut the front bumper and put a metal mesh on it and stuck the license plate right in the middle, so I thought to myself maybe it’s blocking airflow, so I took it off and took her for a spin, I drove for a very long time and it stayed at normal temp, way longer than before where it would overheat around the same time every time, It still overheated but it lasted wayyy longer now, but it got real hot on the gauge like usual, turned her off and opened the hood and I noticed the radiator fan was still on when the car was off, I haven’t seen it so that in a year lol, waited like 3 min turned her on and stayed at normal fans came on etc, close hood get in car and take off and as soon as I pick up speed it overheats, it went up a bar, then went down to normal eventually, decided to go another block and she overheated again and then finds its way to normal again, so I’m gonna put the heat shield back on and bleed my coolant again and see what happens.
I noticed the past owners cut the front bumper and put a metal mesh on it and stuck the license plate right in the middle, so I thought to myself maybe it’s blocking airflow, so I took it off and took her for a spin, I drove for a very long time and it stayed at normal temp, way longer than before where it would overheat around the same time every time, It still overheated but it lasted wayyy longer now, but it got real hot on the gauge like usual, turned her off and opened the hood and I noticed the radiator fan was still on when the car was off, I haven’t seen it so that in a year lol, waited like 3 min turned her on and stayed at normal fans came on etc, close hood get in car and take off and as soon as I pick up speed it overheats, it went up a bar, then went down to normal eventually, decided to go another block and she overheated again and then finds its way to normal again, so I’m gonna put the heat shield back on and bleed my coolant again and see what happens.