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Old 06-06-2013, 06:06 PM
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I just change my water pump, and before I did I put water in to make find the leak to make sure it was the water pump. After I drained my radiator, put 50/50 in the radiator, and filled it up. I have a 180º thermastat, and it is running around 230º. So I drained it again, and mixed 50/50 with pure antifreeze. I filled it up, started my car, and let it run. It got about 1 line before red then went down about 30 - 40º and started going back up. So idk what to do now, or why it is still overheating?
 
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Old 06-06-2013, 06:50 PM
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You need to bleed the air out of the system. Air when heated reads hotter then antifreeze. Below is the process pulled from the shop book:
1 - Open the cooling system bleeder screws.
2 - Slowly fill the cooling system with a 50/50 coolant mixture.
3 - Close the cooling system bleeder screws.
3 - Install the coolant pressure cap.
4 - Start the engine.
5 - Run the engine at 2,000-2,500 RPM until the engine reaches normal operating temperature.
6 - Allow the engine to idle for 3 minutes.
7 - Shut the engine OFF.
8 - Allow the engine to cool.
9 - Top off the coolant as necessary.
 
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