drewski92
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So my 95 is overheating really bad, i took out the thermostat thinking it was going to help it but it still overheats. I just replaced water pump a few months back but who knows.. Any ideas??
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MustangChris
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when you replaced the water pump did you burp the system?
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How hot does it get ? Take the coolant tank cap off and smell ( I know this sounds funny ) but if. t smells like exhaust , u may have a head / gasket problem
drewski92
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no, i never heard of doing that
drewski92
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it goes all the way red and sometimes past it.. as soon as it hits the white line i pull over, by the time i stop to turn it off its at red or further.
MustangChris
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put the front of your car on jack stands (or ramps) open the overflow tank and let the car idle.
squeeze the radiator rubber hoses to help force the air in the system out to the overflow tank.
Anyone else have some suggestions on burping the system on a 5.0?
squeeze the radiator rubber hoses to help force the air in the system out to the overflow tank.
Anyone else have some suggestions on burping the system on a 5.0?
drewski92
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that seems easy enough lets hope that helps
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If it gets that hot something is deff wrong . Do a test on it to see if compretion is leaking into the coolant .
drewski92
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how do i test that? im slowly learning about these techniques for my car.. all help is greatly appreciated
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Oh , just found it napa has them , part # 7001006 . It's called a block test kit . If the the burping thing don't help ya
drewski92
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thanks ill get on that right now.. this is my only vehicle so i gotta get it running by monday. lets hope its not a head gasket
GT Rob
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Is the fan working. What happens when you trunk the key dose the fan come on also trunk th a/c on high and see if the fan comes on.mine did the same thing I changed radiator waterpump and it ended being the fan. Good luck with getting it fixed
CC'S95GT
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put the thermostat back in too.
without the thermostat, the water doesn't stay in the radiator long enough to extract any heat from the coolant. I'm running a 180* in mine but a 190* is stock.
without the thermostat, the water doesn't stay in the radiator long enough to extract any heat from the coolant. I'm running a 180* in mine but a 190* is stock.
Long before I would assume a bad headgasket I would look to the rad itself. Is the front obstructed with bugs, leaves or other stuff. Has the coolant ever been flushed? Water flowing too fast and not cooling is just BS. One could use the same argument that if it's flowing so fast it wouldn't heat up either. Total nonsense.
FrankenStang
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id also check to see if your rad fans are coming on.....
GT Rob
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I'm thinking the fan also
FrankenStang
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if its your fan grab a Tbird fan and put it on...these babies move some air...
LOL. Rethink this statement, it is absolutely not BS. A radiator, or heating/cooling coil's ability to gain heat (or loose it), all depends on the velocity of the coolant. Read up on hydronics, system balancing to be specific. A thermostat makes that flow restriction.
But to get back on topic, I've never run a t'stat in my SVO and I have never had that car even go 1/2 on the temp scale. I think the key is how long do you go before it overheats? Does it still overheat in cooler weather or when it's raining? The fan should really only be on when you're at low speeds, once you start moving, the fan does not do much. This all said assuming you are not loosing coolant and have to add some every day or have a bad radiator cap that drains your radiator when the system gets hot and is under pressure. With that said and HG/burping issues aside, the radiator is probably clogged with 20 years of crap.
I got an email with this yesterday...
http://www.americanmuscle.com/mishimoto-mustang-radiator-9495.html
Great price. I bet CJPP would price match it if you asked.
rz5.0
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/\ I ran with out a t stay. It sucked car would get hot still.. Heater would not work if the car was just sitting at idle cold weather..put the stay back in fix it..
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