over heating

[CAMARODJD]

hey everyone i have a problem my car is starting to over heat n i dont know whats the problem . ive already changed the water pump , thermostat , all the hoses so if anyone has had this problem b4 please direct me in the right direction o its a 97 3.8 t-5 n its has abot 109,XXX miles on it

[Rob Bell]

Re: over heating

make sure you bleed the cooling system, there is a little valve on the pipe where the thermostat is. You just open that up a little bit until coolant flows out.

[bradmb]

Re: over heating

make sure your heater core isnt stopped up. dont ever use stop leak in a radiator. unles you are stranded.

[CAMARODJD]

Re: over heating

so start the car n un screw it bleeder until coolant comes out then close it ?

[Rob Bell]

Re: over heating

I 'd let it warm up a little so a little pressure builds, then just turn it a little bit to let the air out. When you see coolant coming out you're all set. Just don't do it when it's totally hot.... because you'd be overheating anyway, probably. And you'd have high pressure in there.

And yeah stop leak sucks, never use that stuff.

[97rs4life]

Re: over heating

yea I had an air bubble in my lines when I replaced my thermo, it was overheating so I had to bleed the air out with that little screw

[slow6]

Re: over heating

i let the engine warm up to at least the same temp of the thermo
open the bleeder
shut off car
let it let out all the air
close
fill radiator
repeat

[black95maro]

Re: over heating

make sure you bleed the cooling system, there is a little valve on the pipe where the thermostat is. You just open that up a little bit until coolant flows out.

I cant find this bleeder could it be anywhere else or what does it look like cause im haveing an overheating problem too?