DID YOU BLEED THE COOLING SYSTEM.THIS VECHICLE WHEN YOU REMOVE MOST OF THE COOLANT TO REPLACE WATER PUMP OR RADIATOR AND THERMOSTAT YOU HAVE TO BLEED OUT THE AIR TO GET COOLANT TO CIRCULATE PROPERLY. TO BLEED COOLANT SYSTEM WITH ENGINE COOL LOCATE BLEEDER SCREW AT WATER PUMP BY HOSE OPEN BLEEDER SCREW A LITTLE TO LET SOME AIR OUT WHILE YOU.POUR ANTIFREEZE IN RADIATOR.WHEN RADIATOR COOLANT LEVEL STOP DROPPING CLOSE BLEEDER SCREW AT WATER PUMP BYPASS HOSE.START ENGINE LET IDLE UNTIL GET WARM AND COOLANT DROPS IN RADIATOR ADD MORE COOLANT.WHEN COOLANT START RISING AT RADIATOR.PUT CAP ON RADIATOR LET VECHICLE IDLE A LITTLE AT A TIME.UNTIL THERMOSTAT OPENS THEN YOU CAN WAIT A LITTLE WHILE TAKE A LARGE RAG OVER RADIATOR CAP OPEN A LITTLE YOU WILL HEAR AIR STEAM HISS THROUGH CAP BUT DONT OPEN ALL THE WAY.WHEN HISSING STOP SLOWLY OPEN RADIATOR CAP A LITTLE AT A TIME SO YOU WONT GET SCALDED.YOU CRANK ENGINE UP A LITTLE STOP WAIT A WHILE BEFORE OPEN RADIATOR CAP.KEEP DOING THIS PROCEDURE UNTIL RADIATOR COOLANT STOP DROPPING.WHEN COOLANT STOP DROPPING.BLEEDING COOLANT SYSTEM COMPLETE.IF VECHICLE KEEP OVER HEATING CHECK OIL CRANK CASE LOOK LIKE MILK SHAKE YOU HAVE A BLOWN HEAD GASKET.
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I strongly suggest that you replace the radiator fan. The radiator fan may be running but doesn't have enough power to cool down the engine. If it blows weak then hi temp will be noticeable.
Please do check on the coolant hoses too. There may be a leak somewhere or a very tiny hole that is not obvious. A little hole from the hoses can cause the car overheat too.
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It can be the intake gasket but it will only have atleast 20% of the problem. I do suspect a weak fan motor.
It's the radiator fan. Does it overheats even when the a/c is not in use?
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Do you think it would have anything to do with the manifold intake gasket?? Thank you so much for your input.... just getting real frustrated with it, and been reading other post on same issue, and some have said the replace the gasket, but that just doesn't make sense to my husband, so what do you think? I will tell him about the fan replacement.
Okay.. My husband said to ask "Which fan?" It has two! Thanks again
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