Cooling system nightmare

lifelongslacker · 12-13-2005, 05:07 PM

For the last few weeks my cav has been running hot, and will overheat if it idles too long. Today I went to change the thermostat and fulsh the radiator, thinking it would be a "quick fix".
Got all that done only to find that after I had Filled the resivour to the max, almost none of the fluid is going into the radiator.
In short ther car is now overheating all the time, has no heat, and the lights on the dash still say I am low on antifreze.
How can I get the fluid from the resivour to the radiator and heater core?

JimofWare · 12-13-2005, 06:17 PM

are you sure NOTHING is going to the radiator? if so you have a cloged line from the tank to the rad. when you refill your system you sometimes have to vent out air to get it to work right. this might be your problem.

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Originally Posted by lifelongslacker

For the last few weeks my cav has been running hot, and will overheat if it idles too long. Today I went to change the thermostat and fulsh the radiator, thinking it would be a "quick fix".
Got all that done only to find that after I had Filled the resivour to the max, almost none of the fluid is going into the radiator.
In short ther car is now overheating all the time, has no heat, and the lights on the dash still say I am low on antifreze.
How can I get the fluid from the resivour to the radiator and heater core?

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