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Old Mar 20, 2015 | 08:14 PM
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First off my Durango would overheats when idling, than cool when driving anywhere. So I changed the water pump and also changed the thermostat. Now it just plain overheats and starts to steam and everything. Am I missing something?? Any advice would help......
 
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Old Mar 20, 2015 | 10:18 PM
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Cooling fan working?
 
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Old Mar 21, 2015 | 11:42 AM
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Yes cooling fan works
 
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Old Mar 21, 2015 | 07:29 PM
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Air in system?
 
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Old Mar 21, 2015 | 08:50 PM
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That's what we thought but I'm pretty sure we got all the air out.
 
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Old Mar 29, 2015 | 11:40 AM
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this is a long shot but does is cerpetine belt installed properly? I think there are belts available for no AC but if a person were to install that on an AC engine that person might have to skip the water pump pulley to get the smaller belt to fit. stranger things have happened.
 
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Old Apr 9, 2015 | 08:48 AM
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The belt is right we checked that too....

It stopped overheating for about 2 weeks and was running fine But now it will start heating up again and go back down and it fluctuates between middle and hot on the gauge.... I don't know what else to check on at this point I've replaced the thermostat, water pump, and the clutch fan just to make sure that wasn't it. I've gotten all the air out. Any ideas will help. I might just take it in to the shop and see if they can figure it out.
 
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Old Apr 10, 2015 | 09:35 AM
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sounds to me like it's time to clean the cooling system. make sure it is done with a cooling system cleaner and not just water. also done with reverse flushing.

this cleaning is something I usually leave to a shop due to large amounts of liquid to catch.
 
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