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Old Feb 27, 2018 | 06:54 PM
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Asking for friend 2008 vette replaced water pump and stat,still run hot sating still,fan run.need help thanks
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Old Feb 27, 2018 | 07:06 PM
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Asking for friend 2008 vette replaced water pump and stat,still run hot sating still,fan run.need help thanks
The cooling system can be kinda tuff to burp out the air bubbles. Search on here for the info.
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Old Feb 27, 2018 | 07:12 PM
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The cooling system can be kinda tuff to burp out the air bubbles. Search on here for the info.
ok fun thing is, it sat for a month and started running hot then replaced item's.
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How hot is "hot"?
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How hot is "hot"?
280 quickly.
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Don't know how mechanically inclined you are but this helped me...
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...826E&FORM=VIRE
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Don't know how mechanically inclined you are but this helped me...
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...826E&FORM=VIRE
FAN running strong
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I'm not an ace mechanic but that makes me think there is air trapped in the system or the Tstat is upside down/failed.
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I'm not an ace mechanic but that makes me think there is air trapped in the system or the Tstat is upside down/failed.
go in the morning ck on air in system ,as stated before it sat for about moth and started this.
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go in the morning ck on air in system ,as stated before it sat for about moth and started this.
fixed had lot's of air in system.
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fixed had lot's of air in system.
Perfect! Thanks for coming back and telling us the solution. The forum comes through again.
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