Coolant over temp. Please help!
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St. Jude Donor '17
Don't waste your money on finding out what is wrong????? seems like poor advice to me.
change the tank? suppose it's one of the ten other things it could possibly be.
Many people from the 60 or who have 1960's automotive mentality, throw parts at a problem in the hope that sooner or later and after wasting lots of money replacing good parts with new parts until you stumble on the problem.
it could be a blocked condenser, could be a blocked radiator, a bad stat, a bad pump, a leaking tank at the joint or a leaking line, a blow head gasket, a bad sensor, air in the coolant line, a bad radiator cap a glitch in the BCM, a bad fan , a fan that has sucked in a plastic bag.
The right answer is to find out what is wrong not throw parts at it.
change the tank? suppose it's one of the ten other things it could possibly be.
Many people from the 60 or who have 1960's automotive mentality, throw parts at a problem in the hope that sooner or later and after wasting lots of money replacing good parts with new parts until you stumble on the problem.
it could be a blocked condenser, could be a blocked radiator, a bad stat, a bad pump, a leaking tank at the joint or a leaking line, a blow head gasket, a bad sensor, air in the coolant line, a bad radiator cap a glitch in the BCM, a bad fan , a fan that has sucked in a plastic bag.
The right answer is to find out what is wrong not throw parts at it.
So my advice was correct. Saved him a 100 bux
Last edited by Got uid0; Nov 30, 2013 at 12:55 AM.
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St. Jude Donor '17
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I think ET's point is to verify where the problem is before buying parts for it, no matter how likely you think it might be a specific problem. The OP had not yet done so when ET posted his advice. It could very well have been a hose that was leaking, which would have wasted all of the money spent on a new tank.
