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joseph1357
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Oct 20, 2016, 4:07 PM
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I have replaced head gasket, thermostat, water pump, and radiator.
No signs of any coolant leak.
Why would my car still be overheating?
I am at a loss
Thanks for any help
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Discretesignals
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Oct 20, 2016, 4:28 PM
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Year, make, model, and engine size?
Does it overheat while driving, sitting at a light, or both?
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joseph1357
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Oct 20, 2016, 4:57 PM
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it is a 97 cavalier, not sure of engine size. it's dark and raining out or I would check. it overheats either way, but faster while driving.
was running without a thermostat, it did not overheat until I re installed a new one
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Oct 20, 2016, 5:04 PM
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Possible that the thermostat is installed backwards?
It either has the 2.2L or the 2.4L. If the water pump is driven by the serpentine belt, you have the 2.2L.
When you replaced the head gasket, did you send the head out to a machine shop to check for flatness or cracks?
Does the engine fan operate?
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Oct 20, 2016, 5:10 PM
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it is a 2.2 then. pretty sure thermostat is in correctly. ( spring goes towards the engine)
didn't send the head out, checked flatness with a rule, it was good that way.
fan does run. I was having issues with it coming on, ran a bypass so it constantly runs while car is running
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Oct 20, 2016, 5:14 PM
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Does the heater work? If you have it bypassed, is the heater hoses hot when the engine is at operating temperature?
When it is running hot, is the air blowing out the cooling fan hot or cold?
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(This post was edited by Discretesignals on Oct 20, 2016, 5:14 PM)
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joseph1357
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Oct 20, 2016, 5:16 PM
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yes the heater works fine, haven't checked the air blowing from the cooling fan.
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Does the heater still blow hot air when it is overheating?
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Oct 20, 2016, 5:20 PM
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i believe so, not 100% on that. Why would it stop when overheating?
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If you have air in the coolant system, the heater can stop working and the engine will overheat.
If the heater still blows hot hot air when the engine is running hot or overheating, feel the air coming from the radiator cooling fan. Also feel the radiator hoses. If one hose is hot and the other is cold, you have no flow going through the radiator. In that case, you should suspect maybe a defective thermostat or it was installed backwards.
If you have a hot heater and hot air blowing out of the radiator along with hot/warm radiator hoses, then maybe the engine isn't overheating and you need to check the operation of the gauge and sender.
One thing a lot of people overlook is the radiator cap. A faulty cap can cause the engine to overheat because the system can't pressurize itself to lower the boiling point of the coolant.
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(This post was edited by Discretesignals on Oct 20, 2016, 5:30 PM)
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Oct 20, 2016, 5:35 PM
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thermostat should be installed with the spring side towards the engine, correct?
could the radiator that I installed be faulty?
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Yes, spring towards engine.
It is possible the radiator could be faulty. Is this a new radiator you got from a parts store? If so, it would be unlikely the radiator is faulty, but you never know. If you can put your hand on the radiator when the engine is running hot, you shouldn't feel any cool spots on it.
Let us know what you find out about the temperature of the radiator hoses and if the air blowing from the fan is cold, warm, or hot.
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Oct 20, 2016, 5:44 PM
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i have done this, and it did feel cool
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What feels cool?
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Oct 20, 2016, 6:01 PM
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the radiator, I did check this, didn't give any thought about the air from the fan.
I believe the hose from the from the thermostat was cooler than the other also
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Just a note and I'm out. Head was never sent out! Engine was run without a thermostat - big mistake. When so, coolant just goes round and round to radiator wildly overheating points far away -opposite end of engine from thermostat - warped or cracked engine parts highly possible mess you all up. Thermostat being out will show engine is running cold but not true and worse metal want to be all a uniform temp and wasn't,
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