[V6-12v] Overheating.
Elliott Potter
epotter at atlnet.com
Thu Nov 20 12:05:17 EST 2003
Step 1 - when things start to heat up, carefully find a bit of radiator that
you can touch without lopping off a finger (don't stick your finger through the
fan, or around the engine, ya know) and see if the radiator is getting hot. If
the radiator is really hot, your problem is the radiator fan switch, which is
located on the bottom passenger's corner of the radiator, pointing towards the
alternator.
If the radiator is not really hot, next step is the thermostat. Has the
thermostat been replaced yet? What about the timing belt/water pump? 60k
miles is a good interval for that stuff. There are instructions for it at
http://eep.burdell.org/dev/12v/repairs/tbelt.php .
HTH
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Elliott
On Mon, 27 Aug 2001 00:28:31 -0400, Ken Friesen said:
> Hey all,
>
> This morning my 1994 90 decided to start having overheating problems. i drove the car for about 5 minutes at town speeds and the coolant temp gauge quickly rose to the 110+ degrees C mark. Later after letting it cool down, I decided to check to see if the fan was kicking in at the normal 100 degrees C. I idled it for a few minutes and it passed 100 and rose to 115 before I shut it off. Thermostat? Waterpump? If so, does anyone have one of those exploded diagrams of the engine so that I can replace the necessary parts? And does anyone have a detailed description of replacing these?
>
> Pls respond to this email address because I am at a relative's place.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike Friesen
>
>
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> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>This morning my 1994 90 decided to
> start having overheating problems. i drove the car for about 5 minutes at
> town speeds and the coolant temp gauge quickly rose to the 110+ degrees C
> mark. Later after letting it cool down, I decided to check to see if the
> fan was kicking in at the normal 100 degrees C. I idled it for a few
> minutes and it passed 100 and rose to 115 before I shut it off.
> Thermostat? Waterpump? If so, does anyone have one of those exploded
> diagrams of the engine so that I can replace the necessary parts? And does
> anyone have a detailed description of replacing these?</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Pls respond to this email address
> because I am at a relative's place.</FONT></DIV>
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> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
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Elliott
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