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Old Jun 22, 2019 | 12:15 AM
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I just changed the head gaskets, water pump, and thermostat and after about 5 to 10 min of driving it starts to overheat. I used stopleak before replacing it so I'm not sure if that managed to clog the radiator. There is no coolant leaking and I'm the coolant level stays the same.
Not sure what else it could be, any ideas?
 
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Old Jun 22, 2019 | 01:31 AM
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The stopleak is no good for the radiator that is for sure. However, air in the system is the most common cause. Fully bleeding the system can be more of a challenge sometimes. What method did you use? One way to determine if all the air is out is to open the bleed screw when the engine is stone cold, in the morning. If you can add any coolant into the bleed hole, then you have displaced a small quatitiy of air. Do this every morning until you can no longer add any coolant. If that doesn't help, then fully flush out your entire system, rebleed and recheck the bleed hole cold.
 
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Old Jun 22, 2019 | 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Dave03S
The stopleak is no good for the radiator that is for sure. However, air in the system is the most common cause. Fully bleeding the system can be more of a challenge sometimes. What method did you use? One way to determine if all the air is out is to open the bleed screw when the engine is stone cold, in the morning. If you can add any coolant into the bleed hole, then you have displaced a small quatitiy of air. Do this every morning until you can no longer add any coolant. If that doesn't help, then fully flush out your entire system, rebleed and recheck the bleed hole cold.
I opened the bleed screw then lifted the reservoir above the engine and added coolant till it came out
 
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Old Jun 22, 2019 | 10:48 AM
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Repeat that about 3 times
 
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Old Jun 25, 2019 | 04:13 PM
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I bleed it and it is still overheating. I have a cheap thermostat so that may be the problem but I really dont know
 
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Old Jun 25, 2019 | 10:12 PM
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Turns out the water pump hose and upper hose were on reversed so that was the problem
 
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Old Jun 26, 2019 | 07:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Triddell62
Turns out the water pump hose and upper hose were on reversed so that was the problem
This is probably common with all the people overheating here. Lolololol.
 
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