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11-17-2013, 07:54 PM
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I did that n cycled out the air didn't help it that was my first thought, ran it for a while shook it and squeezed on the hoses till no more air bubbles
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11-18-2013, 10:38 AM
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assuming you have new coolant in there, drain radiator to save it. flush block with water hose, either from from the top through the tstat hole or through the bottom radiator hose. make sure clear water is coming out both sides, not just one. i don't think running the engine would do anything different from putting the hose in it for several minutes.
if this doesn't help, you should investigate the possibility of head gasket problem. like arde said, temp should not spike up. it should just heat up to the 195 target and simply hold there.
another question- from a cold start, with radiator cap off to relieve any possible pressure build up, does the temp spike up to 220, or act more normal. this would be evidence of compression leak.
if this doesn't help, you should investigate the possibility of head gasket problem. like arde said, temp should not spike up. it should just heat up to the 195 target and simply hold there.
another question- from a cold start, with radiator cap off to relieve any possible pressure build up, does the temp spike up to 220, or act more normal. this would be evidence of compression leak.
with cap off it still goes up to just over 200 n stays the same
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11-18-2013, 10:43 AM
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its a cheap one from advance so I was thinking maybe its faulty even tho its rated at 190, ima flush my motor later like dhvaughan said n see wat that does if not change the tstat n maybe fan clutch
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11-18-2013, 10:47 AM
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plenum isn't leaking and im not sure on 02 sensors, no smoke at all tho wouldn't that be showing if I had a head gasket problem? no ticking or knocks either?
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11-25-2013, 07:30 PM
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I took out the drain plugs n flushed the system for about 10 mins, refilled coolent n it didn't help ****. So I replaced the fan clutch since aamco told me mine was bad thought maybe that was the issue but that didn't do anything either. After I Installed it it ran at 190 for like a minute then shot up to 250 then went back down to 210 so idk ima get a stant tstat n maybe that's the issue, everything else is new (water pump, radiator, tstat, n now fan clutch) n all hoses are good with no leaks anywere so if that's not it I think I have a much bigger problem.