Overheating issue...
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Overheating issue...
I have a 1989 Ram W-250 with the 360 in it. The motor runs good for the most part, but after longer trips i notice the antifreeze boils up back into the reservoir and out the overflow... It's done this since i got it, i put a new waterpump, thermostat, clutch fan, fresh fluid, and it still happens. The temp gauge never gets over half, anyone run into this before, any ideas? Only thing i can think of yet is headgasket, but really hopin this is not he case!
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Join the club. My truck has done this since it rolled off the showroom floor. The dealership and I would like to know if you solve this problem because they sure couldn't find the problem and after 23 years I haven't either. I live in a mountainous region and mine does this every time I come up the mountain and stop at the top. I have done everything I could think of. New radiator, radiator cap, thermostat, hoses, water pump, heater core, fan clutch, fan blades, and even a set of electrical fans. The truck never overheats while running but shut it off after any loading and the engine temp soars. I don't like it but i have accepted it as normal for my truck. Good luck.
Last edited by SEAL; 10-23-2011 at 08:59 AM.
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Then to me it sounds like a defective cap (easy fix) OR a head gasket leak, leaking compression into a water jacket (not so easy fix), but a cap's probably $10 or so.
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