tacorunner87

I just picked up this car with a blown head gasket. The head was warped had it machined, put a new head gasket torqued everything to spec. Filled the radiator. check transmission flued, new thermostat and gasket, new belts except timing belt, im sure theres more things im missing right now that i replaced while doin this. Took for a spin and its wants to run hot. i noticed that the fan does not kick on. whn it warms up. Anything else that i should check?

schpootypie

Make sure there's no air bubbles in the coolant.

redef90si

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crappy thermostat(maybe),hows your waterpump did you change it?

longshot

also see if the relay is bad (in the fusebox in the engine bay) replace it, and the fan should come on...

tacorunner87

ill check all of those things, thermostat is from pepboys not the autozone duralast POS. water pump i didnt change im going to have it changed since i dont want to deal with changing it same with the timing belt

drintegra

Check your grounds. Had similar issue years ago. did the head and gasket and the issue ended up being a loose gound to the tranny which when driving would intemittently shut the fan off.

Also bleed your radiator.

Rollin_Da

yea what they said^^^

eg8hardcore

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thankyou for that pointless post.

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x2, this is the most common problem after that. Still double check the thermostat, you can always get a lemon even with the best.

also, possibly the head was shaved poorly and it is still leaking? Unfortunately there are not a lot of ways to check this. At least not if it isn't major, you could check the compression, and you could check the oil to see if it looks milky, that's about it.

RagnarX

check the fuse and relay for the radiator fan, I had the same problem, if it's that should be a quick fix

tacorunner87

got the problem fixed, atleast i think. Air in the cooling system, leak in one of the coolant hoses, and leak in a vacuum line. drove it about 10 miles today and no signs of problems


Modified by tacorunner87 at 7:51 AM 7/18/2008