Re: [DMCForum] Coolant question...

[DMCVIN6683 <dmcvin6683@xxxxxxxxx>]

Are you using a 50/50 mix?

Test your antifreeze in the car to see if it is mixed at a 50/50 ratio.

Sometimes when refilling the car there will be trapped antifreeze or 
water in the engine or pipes that will off set the 50/50 mix.

Mark V



On Jul 8, 2005, at 2:56 PM, Videobob Moseley wrote:

> I am still having my over heating problem.
> I have topped off the coolant, and I have an air bleeder installed.
> I have wired the fans to be on full time, still the car over heats.
> Mostly with the AC on, you can get around OK with the AC off, but
> within minutes of turning the AC on the needle rises.
> The water appears to be flowing, and the fans are on....
> I must mention that I do have Hervey's new fans installed.
> They are very quite, you can barely hear them running.
> So, I am not sure if they are running as fast as they need to be
> because I have no frame of reference to compare them to because when
> I first got my car it was November, and then I wrecked it in July and
> replaced
> the OEM fans with Herveys, so I have only experienced his fans in the
> summer.
> The Texas summer is brutal....
>
> I don't know why the hell the car isn't cooling, it was fine last 
> summer.
> So the only things I can think of are that maybe the fans are for some
> reason
> not running at full speed, or the thermostat is sticking, or the water 
> pump
> is not working
> correctly.... any suggestions?
>
> Does anyone know what the cross reference of the thermostat is for 
> Autozone?
>
> - Videobob
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>> From: "Travis Goodwin" <tgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Reply-To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> To: <DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [DMCForum] Coolant question...
>> Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 14:16:02 -0400
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>> This is a for real question.
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>> My car seemed to be overheating at lunch today. Within 3 minutes, the
>> temp was almost 200 degrees. Despite the high temp, the fans didn't 
>> come
>> on. That says one thing to me: air pocket.
>>
>> So, I checked the coolant level real quick and it was indeed low. A 
>> stop
>> at Advance Auto to top it off and the temp leveled off. I drove it 20
>> miles home with the temp level. It got only as high at 160 or so by 
>> the
>> time I navigated all the traffic.
>>
>> Do you agree that with an air pocket causing the thermostat to read 
>> too
>> high, it can seem as if the fans are not working correctly because the
>> coolant temp is not high enough to trigger the otterstat?
>>
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