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i put a new head gasket on. New rad (its the half rad cuz car had a/c) new thermostat new fan relay and fan. All new hoses... water pump is flowing very nicely... doesnt say its over heating much at all.. it has a turbo and only says its hot at idle after a small turbo pull..(one quick pull to redline and off power) squirts coolent out of over flow bottle all over engine bay. Hoses all bulge and no coolen leaks from anywhere visable.. plus level in rad doesnt change.. bleed system for an hour or so... soo far what i have come up with is, is im thinking that i need to get is a full length rad out of a 90 honda or equivalent size as the coolent rad and a/c rad combined and fit it into car.. im thinking since everything works fine and optimal until under boost power... i dont think the rad is big enought for the turbo... if its off it doent over heat anymore... fan use to be hooked to a switch when i bought it ao i wires it back into the fan relay system fan turns on at 185c perfect supost to.. then thermostat stuck shut and blew rad hose and head gasket.. replaced all that.. soo im going to change water pump and see if thats the Last issue.. everythings new.. ill go get a bigger rad and try that... and if that fails im really lost for what else to do.. new gaskets thermo rad pump... the only thing i can think of thats not on any otlf these comments os the temperature switch on the inlet hose to the thermostate.. if thats bad that can be everyones prob on here thats litterally everything in your cooling system.. bigger rad is going to be my solution..

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NotARaCist

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With coolant shooting out, and bulging hoses, your first thing to look at shouldn't be your radiator size. You need to actually put in some effort towards maintenance and upkeep by replacing those hoses, then you need to do a block test, and test your radiator cap.

As RonJ said, you also need to read the rules sticky, and give us all relevant information.