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Old 05-12-2011, 04:31 PM
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so I GOT MY CAR LOOKED AT AND DID A FLUSH, NEW RADIATOR, AND A NEW THERMOSTAT..... WHEN IT SITS IT IS FINE, BUT WHEN I DRIVE IT IT IS STILL OVERHEATING! DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT IT COULD BE?.....
tHE HEAD GASKET WAS RECENTLY CHANGED ALONG WITH OTHER THINGS ALSO
 
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the water pump is leaking internaly inside the engine,check your oil for water
 
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Old 05-13-2011, 11:33 AM
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Do you know if the cooling fan is coming on?
 
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Originally Posted by 95gentlestratus
so I GOT MY CAR LOOKED AT AND DID A FLUSH, NEW RADIATOR, AND A NEW THERMOSTAT..... WHEN IT SITS IT IS FINE, BUT WHEN I DRIVE IT IT IS STILL OVERHEATING! DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT IT COULD BE?.....
tHE HEAD GASKET WAS RECENTLY CHANGED ALONG WITH OTHER THINGS ALSO
Wherever you had the flush, radiator and t-stat...don't go there anymore. Whoever did the head gasket (hope it wasn't the "flush guys") for starters...ask them did they straight edge your head and how many pits were in it.
 
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what helped me after changing the water pump... timing belt..new thermostat..was a new radiator cap..my car has 148,000
 



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