the other day i wasn't getting any heat coming out of car so brought it in to get the thermostat changed.

It worked perfect for that day, next morning car started heating over again, brought it back in this time it was air locked, fools didn't let the car run with the radiator cap off.

Now i got the car back, heat is coming out but here's the deal, if i let the car idle in my driveway for 10 minutes the temp goes up to around the half marker and then the heat is hot, if i get in the car and go the car will take up to 10-15 minutes before it's shooting out HOT air, and even then at times the temperature is as low as it can go, anyone know what this might be, or is this normal at first?


Modified by 94IntegraNL at 2:26 PM 3/17/2004

 

Despite the fact that that was the most confusing and longest run-on sentence that i've EVER heard, that sounds normal.

And last time i checked, air locking the coolant system doesn't happen, You fill up the radiator, start it up, let it warm up, turn it off, let it cool, then top off the rad.

Running the car with the radiator cap off =

I mean, YOU sure could, but i definately wont

 

sure it does, happened to me yesterday, when you change your radiator you keep the cap off for a minute to flush the system. My old man is a mechanic and when i mentioned it to him he knew what i was talking about

 

anyone one else got any insight on this

 

Bump

 

bump, help

 

now the garage is saying the head of my radiator is leaking, like wtf is going on?

could this be all caused by the mechanics that's working on the car because now the car is leaking antifreeze like a ****, pressure builtup and cracked it ??

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Devlins 91LS &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Despite the fact that that was the most confusing and longest run-on sentence that i've EVER heard, that sounds normal.

And last time i checked, air locking the coolant system doesn't happen, You fill up the radiator, start it up, let it warm up, turn it off, let it cool, then top off the rad.

Running the car with the radiator cap off =

I mean, YOU sure could, but i definately wont</TD></TR></TABLE>

It is perfectly proper to run the car with the rad cap off to bleed all the air out of the coolant. In fact, it is the PROPER way to do it. It takes quite a while to bleed all the air out.

As to the original problem at hand, I have a feeling the thermostat was not the original problem, it was probably the rad leaking the whole time. You just didn't notice it because the coolant level was so low. Sounds like the guys working on the car are morons (unless of course YOU asked them to change the thermostat, in which case YOU are at fault)