Well could be a couple of things. It could be the thermostat "sticking". Or it could be like a couple of vehicles that I've had where a small radiator leak has caused it to overheat. I would try flushing the radiator and see how that does. What I would recommend though is Prestone Super Flush be used to flush all the **** out. And when you refill the radiator use a tube of radiator stop leak (the powder type). You can use the pellets, but the powder seems to work a little better. What I've always done is to put the Prestone flush in the radiator and let it circulate through the system with the heat on the highest setting. After maybe 10 minutes remove the lower radiator hose making sure that you have on long sleeves and are using long rubber gloves so as not to scald yourself, because it will be scalding hot. Once all of it is drained out, I just used a hose and let the water run through there and circulate and come out at the disconnected radiator hose, maybe another 2 minutes. After that, put the radiator hose back on. Add the powder stop leak product and add radiator fluid until full. If this does not stop the overheating then you may need to replace the thermastat but I would start here first. It has worked with me on (3) different vehicles.
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thank you very much i will be trying this to see if it will work with my car. someone also told me to check the water pump so im wondering that to.thank you
So, what has been done to it, and when does it heat?
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