Ran out of gas and now car overheats ?!?!?!!?----------

[Ian]

im not sure about the f-body ones, but i know when replaced the radiator on my S-10, it had a flush valve on the bottom of it. check the bottom left and right sides of the radiator for a valve.

also, id consider replacing your fuel filter. running the tank just about bone dry will pick up all the $hit from the tank and lodge it in the filter.

[camaro_speedemon]

Their should be direction on the flush kit on how to do it.

I used a chemical flush on mine, prestone I think, and it gave step-by-step instructions.

Oh yea, make sure you DON'T used the green antifreeze. Put Dex-cool back in (The Orange stuff)

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[cammed3800]

I disagree about dexcool, I know gm uses it but it seems thicker and in fact was the main reason i had a clog problem, i switched to regular and never had a problem

[badandy247]

you should just have to cut your upper heater core hose and insert the T fitting then follow the directions on the box to flush, but i used about 8 feet if extra heater hose laying around and just removed my heater hose and used the longer one while i flushed it so i could mess with it easier and i could also use the same kit on my other cars. it's not necessary though and would be a waste of money to buy extra hose cause it would cost more than another flush kit.

[semper-fac-id]

Once, I had a problem with my 3.8 overheating intermittently. It was like a ghost in the system. Every now and again a "Random Misfire" code would pop up, and an intermittent rough idle. I changed the wires, plugs, coils ... flushed the coolant system ... changed the thermostat ... all that stuff. As it turned out, my crank position sensor was providing a false signal ... but within an allowed range. The PCM diagnostics wouldn't detect the error. I changed the sensor, and everthing worked fine.

[96firebird311]

UPDATE!

Today I installed the new 180 degree thermostat and flush and filled the radiator. Problem solved! Actually, with the new 180 instead of the stock 195 she's runnin cooler then ever! [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] Thanks to all those that helped!

[badandy247]

howd you like the flush n fill kit? nice huh makes things easy and you have confidence in the cleanliness of your system

[camaro_speedemon]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by cammed3800:
I disagree about dexcool, I know gm uses it but it seems thicker and in fact was the main reason i had a clog problem, i switched to regular and never had a problem<hr></blockquote>

I've heard good and bad about dexcool. But if you switch to regular antifreeze make damn sure you get ALL of the dexcool out, or you're gonna have a nightmare on your hands, maybe not immediately, but eventually you're be regretting it.

[96firebird311]

The flush and fill kit was very nice indeed.

And I choose to run the dexcool again. Basically, for that exact reason. I didn't want any chance of the dexcool mixing with the new green coolant. There was very little "chunks" in the old coolant. Although, it was pretty much red in color. A red or pink. Strange, but whatever. She runs like a champ now!