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possibly air trapped on engine side of thermostat-possibly. HOW TO BLEED: loosen coolant temp sensor. Start engine. As engine warms, slightly unscrew sensor to allow air to escape. Once a steady stream of coolant trickles out you're good. Let us know if this helps. Good luck.
"rule out" questions - is coolant level OK? Any leaks, especially around the water pump? Has the system ever been flushed. out? If this is the original radiator, it could be clogged. Is the thermostat installed correctly with spring end toward the engine?
Check your coolant level. If the coolant is low it won't pass through the heater core, therefore you get no heat. The overflow bottle really isn't an accurate way to check the level, actually remove the radiator cap and look in there. You should be able to see the coolant near the top. BE SURE THE ENGINE IS COLD BEFORE YOU REMOVE THE RADIATOR CAP!!!
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The coolant in the radiator has become tooo old. Get the radaitor washed and refill with new coolant. The car stalls on you is cause of over heating.
Regards
Berry
Yes, it is possible the temp. sender is faulty, but I would do a cross check of the actual coolant temperature vs gauge reading using a cooking thermometer in the top of the radiator.
Take care not to get scalded - check it at about 180 to 200 deg.
if you replaced the thermostat, you have an air bubble trapped in the engine. So, you don't have any coolant running through the heater core, therefore no heat.
sometimes hard to "burp" air bubble. Try this. Park park facing uphill and jack up front of car too. You want to get radiator opening higher than top of engine. Then remvoe radiator cap (cold engine), fill radiator, then fill coolant reservoir to full point. Install radiator cap but leave it loose so air can escape. Start engine until upper radiator hose going into radiator is hot. This should burp air. Repeat a few times while adding coolant mix (50/50 antifreeze) to keep radiator full. Be careful not to remove radiator cap when engine is hot.
lwt us know how ou make out. There is a more complicated procedure but you need tools and knowledge of where air bleed is on top of engine
engine coolant temperature sensor unit!? you say you had a thermostat issue some times if you over heat these the switch above might cause malfunction! I just spent 7 hours on relays!! with engine running un plug coolant sensor temp switch if your fan comes on you have no relay issues!! or ground problem keep in mind this switch tells the system the temperature then when reached sends signals to relay the fan to come on! when I unplugged mine fan ran plugged it back in off!!! replaced switch works great this is the true way to test don't get$$ it out hope this helps you out also be sure you have no air locks in your cooling system and you properly bleeded out all air sense you changed thermostat.John
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