Recent content by Richard Perrine

even with cap off completely it gets too hot within about 10 mins. thats idling. i live in the boonies, closest anything is about 25 miles. im either gonna doa upper end rebuild or junk it and get another. got a decision to make.

filled system. started car with both cap and plug off. unplugged 2 wire sending unit so fan ran continuously. started vehicle and there was an immediate gurgle up through both the reservoir and the crossover pipe. this lasted only a second. as the car came up to temperature there was significant...

then where is the coolant going? no white exhaust smoke. oil is nice and clean, and no constant bubbling in the resevoir.

thats 2 Duralasts in a row from Auto Zone. screw em,, getting a 180 Motorcraft from O'reilleys

sorry about the protesting muslim in the post,, accidentally pasted wrong pic

this is exactly how its installed.

ok, refilled the coolant,, and am running it for only about 5 mins. i revved it up and it defintely does gurgle and overflow the resevoir. not circulating? another bad thermostat?

thermostat installed properly, the pointed end down, since its the only way it goes in to the housing. coolant pumps out of the crossover pipe when the plug is removed. drove car about 4 miles, and temp guage was showing normal. got behind a slow moving car and the temp guage started to go up to...

UPDATE: replaced water pump, 2nd thermostat, already has a new radiator, filled with 50/50 coolant, burped system. ran in idle for about 10 mins, car came up to middle mark on needle guage, fan didnt kick on. drove the car 1 mile and temp guage pegged, fan worked, and message display for check...

is it the actual latch or the plunger button near the door hinges? the plunger buttons have been sprayed with PB Blaster, and unscrewed a whole turn. for some reason interior lights are staying on (the door panel lights and the ones under the dash to illuminate the floor). ive also sprayed the...

the messge center would only flash CHECK ENGINE TEMP, once the temp was pegged. mostly it stays stuck on DOOR AJAR,, and i did everything i could find to get rid of that message. is also displaying the AIR RIDE message but i know thew air ride system is bad. this is just a $300 beater car

just obtained the car,, but yes,, replacing that too tomorrow

the old water pump free spun when removed, but i changed it anyways. refilled with clean water. ran it at idle for about half an hour, regularly "burping the system". temp climbed to 3/4 mark. fan kicks on at about 2/3 mark. drove the car 5 miles, never went above 3/4 mark. steam still...

the fill plug is what I was erroneously referring to as the"upper petcock". Air was my concern too. i removed the upper radiator hose and filled the radiator directly from there, put it back on, then contnued filling through the plug hole, then topped off the resevoir tank. granted this is...

flushed radiator. clean water pushing through no problem. filled with straight water again, started boiling over and temp guage pegged after a 3 mile drive, bypassing the radiator cap no water in the oil, no white exhaust smoke, not losing water. is it possible its the water pump even...