doonze
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- Joined
- May 16, 2009
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- City, State
- Fayetteville, Ar
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- '93 X Sport
Ok, so I thought I had my overheating issue fixed. After I replaced the thermostat all had seemed well. On my 14 mile trip on the freeway back and forth to work it had never gone higher then O. Even after the 14 mile trip home and another short trip right after back into town of about 10 miles in traffic never rose much above O, maybe flirted with R a little but fell again once moving. Then today I get ready for my Bi-monthly 100 mile trip and I drove the 14 miles home on the freeway then picked up the family and headed back out on the freeway, and before even 7 more miles the temp started to rise. By 20 miles it was touching A. So I pulled off at an exit, sat at light for a min and it rose to L, then headed back home to pick up our other car, the whole freeway trip it stayed on A. Then once I got to the last 2 miles from home, that's a 45 MPH zone, it dropped quickly to M then between M and R.
So it now behaves NORMAL unless I'm at freeway speeds, and once I get down to 40-50 MPH cools right off. Only two things I can come up with is the water pump isn't moving enough water, or the radiator is too clogged up to flow enough water. Any other ideas?
Also when I changed the thermostat the radiator was still draining out of the drain hole on the bottom after I had finished (about an hour or so). Is it normal for it to drain that slow? If not does it mean my radiator is bad?? I had the wing nut all the way out, to the point some coolant was coming out the end where the wing nut goes too, but it was just slowly draining.
I'm thinking of trying to flush the radiator, haven't ever done it so getting ready to do a search on here. I that doesn't work I'm going to get a new water pump next weekend and put it in. Can't think of anything else to do...
So it now behaves NORMAL unless I'm at freeway speeds, and once I get down to 40-50 MPH cools right off. Only two things I can come up with is the water pump isn't moving enough water, or the radiator is too clogged up to flow enough water. Any other ideas?
Also when I changed the thermostat the radiator was still draining out of the drain hole on the bottom after I had finished (about an hour or so). Is it normal for it to drain that slow? If not does it mean my radiator is bad?? I had the wing nut all the way out, to the point some coolant was coming out the end where the wing nut goes too, but it was just slowly draining.
I'm thinking of trying to flush the radiator, haven't ever done it so getting ready to do a search on here. I that doesn't work I'm going to get a new water pump next weekend and put it in. Can't think of anything else to do...