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Maintenance & Repair Cooling Systems -- Problems & Solutions (Radiator, Fan, etc)
561 messages, Last post on Nov 12, 2009 at 1:37 PM
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I have a 92 Toyota Camry V-6 and it is overheating. I have replaced the radiator and the thermostat. I have also spent almost 6 hours trying to "burp" the car. The furthest I can go is about 15 minutes away from home before it starts to overheat. There is still some air in the engine but I think that I have gotten most of it out. I also know that the water pump is fine. Does anyone have any other suggestions for me?
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Replying to: stuehmer (Jun 14, 2005 7:51 am) Are you quite sure your electric fan is running? |
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Replying to: davids1 (Jun 14, 2005 7:36 am) |
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I have a '92 Integra hatchback, Black, automatic. Had the a/c compressor changed, added freon and still not cold, but cool. Mechanic tells me it's because the car is black and takes awhile to cool down. I'm not buying it but what other causes can there be so I'll know other things to have checked ? Also is there difference in using R12 and R134 ? Thx
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Replying to: dyee (Jun 16, 2005 11:18 am) I have a dark red Trooper...if I leave it parked outside in the summer sun, it take at least half of the 30-40 minute trip home to really cool down. Since I started parking in the parking garage (shade), it is relatively cool when I get in and immediately cooled down...make a lot of difference with a dark vehicle. Bill
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Replying to: wlbrown9 (Jun 17, 2005 10:52 am) |
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Hi: Need some advice please. I have a 96 Chev Cavalier in pretty good shape but it has 164K. My problem is..my low coolant light came on and I checked it and the coolant was empty even though I had put some in recently. It wasn't running hot. Took it to garage and they said it was thermostat so replaced that and filled up coolant. 2 days later the low coolant light comes on again, I look and its gone again. Take it back to garage and now they say there is a small crack in head and need new one, it'll cost about $1200. so they tried putting in Stopleak which has so far worked. Will this remedy the problem or is it a short fix. Is the only alternative to have a new engine put in? I'm not good at this, by myself and am at mercy of garages so I'd appreciate any advice. Thanks, Karen
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Replying to: karenrb53 (Jun 18, 2005 9:27 am) first of all, they COULD be right but I'd like to know how they arrived at the conclusion of a crack in the head, as opposed say to a head gasket problem? In other words, what test did they perform to conclude absolutely that the head is cracked? (one good way would be to test for carbon monoxide gas dissolved in the coolant). So unless they can explain their diagnosis (you can write it down as they talk, that's fine) then you may want a second opinion. Maybe you just have a leak somewhere? If you need a new head, I don't think I'd do that on an engine with 164K, and I don't think I'd put a new engine in a '96 Cavalier either. Your car isn't worth very much, so I'd tend to encourage you to put that money towards a replacement vehicle. You could probably buy a decent '96 Cavalier with far fewer miles for $3,000 or so. Once you open up an engine, you don't know where it will lead. I'm just concerned that $1,200 might not be the end of it. |
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Hello, This is my first time porting on this forum. I just bought a 95 Cadillac DeVille, and I drove it home. When I got home, and I stopped the engine, coolant started to boil out of the coolant tank. No warning lights came on during the trip, and did not get any warning messages from the instrument cluster. Any ideeas? I'm not sure if the engine overheated because did not get any warning lights or messages. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Replying to: luciano72 (Jun 18, 2005 9:18 pm) But presuming the better of human nature and that this was a coincidence--if you have lost a lot of coolant the warning light might not go on because the sensor cannot read steam, only liquid. Perhaps the coolant level was way down when you bought the vehicle. What you'll have to do is fill up the coolant and pressure test the system for leaks. If you have no leaks, then you look to other sources for overheating, which are many. On a ten year old car, the radiator is always suspect, as might be a stuck thermostat or an inoperative electric cooling fan. If these prove okay you might consider less likely candidates, like a broken impeller inside the water pump or a bad head gasket. |
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