05 Ac and overheating issue
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From: St.louis Mo
05 Ac and overheating issue
The other night I was driving had the Ac on and it began blowing warm so I turned it off looked down at my temp gauge and it was at 230-240 which isn't normal it never goes over 220 so I got on the highway and the more I accelerated the more the temp went up it went too about 250 then I shut the car off til it cooled down then I drove it home I changed the thermostat and now it's overheating in 10 min or less any ideas on what it can be?
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The other night I was driving had the Ac on and it began blowing warm so I turned it off looked down at my temp gauge and it was at 230-240 which isn't normal it never goes over 220 so I got on the highway and the more I accelerated the more the temp went up it went too about 250 then I shut the car off til it cooled down then I drove it home I changed the thermostat and now it's overheating in 10 min or less any ideas on what it can be?
I just had the radiator on my 05 replaced due to a leak I found. The temps were running between 200 and 230 routinely. Now they are 10 to 25 degrees cooler.
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Fans are working and I bled the coolant system today and it's running at about 235 on the highway and 228-230 on the street but if I drive it hard the temp rises I slowed down once it got too 240 any ideas? Seems too run cooler on the street than highway
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Wow, this is a tough one. I might try running with no T-stat in it so you can rule that out or not. If it overheats with no tstat then I'd think there was a blockage somewhere in the system.