good deal

 

First off hi, new to the forum and am glad to see that it seems to be a great community.

I own a 2004 4.7l Ram 1500 and am having one heck of a time with the cooling system. After reading several posts and trying several of the suggestions I am still coming up with the same issue. 2 weeks ago I replaced the water pump and clutch fan (second one in the last 2 years) and a week later it started to run a bit hot but since I drive 2 or 3 miles a day it never really had a chance to get too hot. Last night I was driving on the highway and it got all the way to the red line and the "check gauge" light came on. Turned on the heater which brought the temp down a bit and limped home. Replaced the thermostat and attempted to bleed the system (bleeder valve) but it is still overheating. No more air bubbles from the bleeder valve and levels are good, any ideas?

 

head gasket?

 

The FSM also states that you should elevate the front of the vehicle while burping the system. Being that the end of my driveway is tilted, I usually just park at the end of the driveway with the nose tilted up.

 

It was the radiator, wasn't getting good enough flow. New water pump, thermostat and now radiator so this thing should be set for a while.

 

My 5.9 was acting up, not blowing hot air, over heating. Pulled it up on the side of a large pike of dirt and took the cap off for a while. Ran good after that


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Could this issue pop up during an engine replacement with remanufactored engine?

 

Yes you have to burp the system and you might have to do it a couple of times

 

yes you will have to burp the system when you install the new engine, it is standard procedure whenever you unseal the cooling system

 

Ive got some nifty info on that bleed screw.I dont know about your car,but my bleed screw was seized by rust-the car only had 98500 miles.Anyway,I tood a hammer and a punch and drove it into a chisel mark I had made into the edge of the bleed screw-Dont drive chisel tooltoo hard into plug and create a hole!!! I really dont recommend this.Anyway,I was was talking to a parts mand and he said to park the car on an incline-the steeper the better-and turn the steering wheel from right to left hard stop on each side.Do this several times....Of course,turn the engine on.-take off radiator cap-Obviously you take a cold engine.drive it on the incline,start the engine,remove radiator cap and then turn the wheel frome side to side-obviously do this several,several times.Hope this helps