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Just changed the water pump and now the engine is getting hot with coolant in it.

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You have an air pocket in your cooling system,open your cap and let it run until all air is out.

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Did you wait for the thermostat to open, let the car cool down, and refill the system? Also, make sure the cooling fans are coming on.

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could be waterpump?
i was going to say rad fan,but if so heater would be hot.
lack of coolant will make heater core to blow cold,if engine heats up with full coolant,usually means poor or no circulation.
water pump?
run engine with full coolant,at operating temp.with rad cap off and look in rad cap hole and see if there is movement of water inside rad.
[rad fan will not come on if water is not circulating through rad water pump?]
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