im driving around wasting gas for tonight to go to the track and i noticed that my car is overheating again!!!! i turn on the heater n blast the fans its starts going down and back to normal while i drive. once i got to a parking lot, i let it idle and revved it with the heater turned off and the temp again started to raise wtf!!!! i am not in a good mood as u can see, i just replaced the thermostat, and havent had problems until today. its not raising up fast but after leavin it idle for 5-10 its up to Hot. the fan works too so any help please asap if possible i wanan race tonight!!!

 

thermo switch perhaps?

 

is your fan switch working properly?? i was having the same problem, but it was becuase my fan switch wasnt working properly, so i replaced it and voila

 

if the fan is kicking in late then that should be the problem then????
also what if the rad wasnt burped properly after the swap, something like that i dunno imam try n see right now when the fan kicks in but regulary it should kick in by its a lil less than half correct????

 

where would i tap the wires tho to run my fan constantly while the car is on???? my freind told me to do this until i get the switch, anyone know where to tap to???

 

the fan switch is by your thermosat. there is two wires that run into a plug. unplug it and jump out the plug with a paper clip then tape it so the paper clip doesnt fall out

 

so ur saying by doing that the fan will run constantly or not at all???

 

just get a new switch. it should be under 45 bucks.

 

Had the same problem :

Thermostat changed didnt fix it...

It was the water pump, car wanted to overheat only while it was idle, guess the pump wasnt runing.. only when being revved on.

 

yea but when the thermostat was changed there was no problem this just started to happen, the water pump will be changed soon but not now i want to change the timing belt and adjust the timing and get an valve adjustment.
hopefully its just the switch 17 bucks it cost me since i work at a car parts store :-D

 

you need to tap the fan to an aux fuse that turns off when the keys are off

 

My car was doing the same thing too. Only overheating when idle, except my coolant reservoir would go empty about every 2 or 3 days, so i knew i either had a serious leak or needed a water pump. I went ahead and got timing belt as well

 

by doing that... actually the wires are two. 1-black and 2-green.. yes jump them with anything paperclip, wire etc... and the fan will turn on just when the switch is on. i mean second key klick. so when you turn off the car it will turn off too.
hope that helps.

 

ot - kpxchonnom why the **** do you post your ******* car in every post you make?

 

lol, it isnt in his signature either.

 

thats wat im saying.... wtf?

krazy

 

kpxchonnom
why the hell are you postin the *** of that hb on there thread you respond



[Modified by sshaikh01, 5:01 PM 3/29/2003]

 

clogged radiator will do that.

 

Let it idle for 20 minutes or so, and just keep pouring in coolant. Bubbles should come up; add more coolant. If you swapped the thermoswitch you lost some coolant. You could have air pockets.