Does your car blow any heat from the heater ? Have you replaced or flushed out your rad lately ? Whenever I replaced the rad in mine I had a heck of a time getting all the air bleed out of the system . Good luck !
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When your engine overheats is can be from a few things. Your Thermostat not opening or just plain gone, or if you have an electric fan thats not coming on becuase once again it comes back to the thermostat. If your heater core is gone you will be leaking fluid all over the inside of the car (done that on the volvo). One thing you can do is get a metal outlet pipe for the connectiong from the rad to the pump itself, or run dual rads .
my car was blowing heat, the coolant was good, but Iwasnt losing any, could the coolant be clogged?
I checked my thermastat and I could push it open and close... so I dunno why it wouldn't open...
How does the thermastat work anyhow? how does it kow to open
Fan works btw it was doing it's best to cool down the engine but the thermastat wasnt opening , the tupes had no pressure. so I naturally thought thatever was in there the themastat wasn't doing it's job
How does the thermastat work anyhow? how does it kow to open
Fan works btw it was doing it's best to cool down the engine but the thermastat wasnt opening , the tupes had no pressure. so I naturally thought thatever was in there the themastat wasn't doing it's job
If your heater is blowing hot air, then your thermostat is working. You know it's not working when your engine temp is approaching the red and your heater is blowing cold. Here's how it works: when you first start your car, the thermostat is closed and the coolant is circulated within the engine, but not out to the radiator or heater core. This allows the engine to warm up faster (in conjunction with the fast idle) and come up to operating temperature. When it reaches a certain temp, the idle will decrease. When it gets hot enough (I don't know how hot exactly) the thermostat will open and will circulate coolant to the radiator and heater core. Temperature + system pressure will open the thermostat.
Are you sure that it's not upside down? What condition is the water pump in? This is the first Ford I've ever owned. I've had coolant problems before in GM cars and it was either a) bad thermostat, b) low coolant, c) bad water pump. But you'll probably hear the water pump go bad before it affects the cooling system, otherwise it will start leaking. I've never heard of air pockets causing issues in the cooling system. Is this unique to Fords? It seems to me that a closed system will work out the air pockets on it's own after a few days and all you would have to do is add more coolant.
Are you using the right type of coolant in the right mixture? You have to mix it with water (50/50 I think).
I replaced the Thermastat today, engine was off Hot and back at cool, driving it around it varies from cool to R in Normal and then goes back down to cool. I was thinking the water pump. but I since I replaced the Thermastat everything is ship shape, however grabbing the hoses still feel a lil weak pressured so I'll keep my eye on it.
Water pumps are for weenies..... and people who want their car to go more then a few hundred feet withous seizing.
Anywho, The thermostat works at what temperature it is made for, a 160 degree thermostat will open once the coolant that passes by it reaches that temperature. 160 would be the max temp your car will run at. I think stock they come with a 180 degree thermostat, so we dont need those either, and I think a sapository thermostat wont work either.......kinda of funny that way.
this may be a dumb question but is the thermostat in backwards? make sure you have it in the right way. the would cause the engine to overheat also. just my 2 cents.
Mustangdewd , gald to hear your back on the road again . Several years ago I had a Z 28 that threw me a fit overheating . After wanting to kill myself and even takeing it into the GM garage , I found the problem to be leaves that got sucked up between the rad and the AC condensor . Sitting at a stop light or slow moveing traffic it would shoot right up but would come back down slowly when out on open road .
Cars can be a BIG pain in the butt ! LOL Gotta love them though !
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Cars can be a pain in the butt, like today mine was being a little grabby. So I ripped (literally) the Ground effects out of the car inside and out and tossed'em HAH that will teach the car to......not let me re-wire the ground effect....only cost few a few hundred...I hate my car.
man if u got a tempter twards ur car that bad just like punch somehting that wont caust u any money like a brick wall... tends to show u violence dont help much :thumbsup
man if u got a tempter twards ur car that bad just like punch somehting that wont caust u any money like a brick wall... tends to show u violence dont help much :thumbsup
I need to learn this with Ps2s... I took hammers to two of my own it'sokay Im just dumb afterwards i sat down and I said ... I'm dumb. why the **** did I do that?!!!
I replaced the Thermastat today, engine was off Hot and back at cool, driving it around it varies from cool to R in Normal and then goes back down to cool. I was thinking the water pump. but I since I replaced the Thermastat everything is ship shape, however grabbing the hoses still feel a lil weak pressured so I'll keep my eye on it.
I have the right mixure.
Thanks for the help everyone!
Dewd, I figured out the problem Saturday night -just came to me.
You've got air in your system.
In oilder cars when you changed the thermostat, you'd get a spike before the air purged.
In newer cars, it's a sealed system, so small animals and kids don't drink the leaks.
so this air bubble goes through the system, and causes a spike.
I had the problem on a Fiero, and it took me forever to figure out what the problem was. (Actually, it was the service dept, because I couldn't figure it out). It happened right after I changed the thermostat.
Thermostat? 
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