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Car Is Overheating?!?

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Old 02-03-2004, 06:34 PM
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The water pump is new and so is the thermometer, i did the gusher test and my coolant seals are good, what should I check now?!? please help
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Old 02-03-2004, 06:37 PM
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Do you still have a belly pan? Does it overheat while driving?
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Old 02-03-2004, 06:38 PM
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Check or replace as necessary.



Fan clucth

Radiator

New Mazda OEM thermostat



If all that is good then ??? got me I took a part a good motor cause the radiator was cloged so and I thought it was blown .... . . . . . .my $.02
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Old 02-03-2004, 07:27 PM
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hmm did you get all the air out of the cooling system?
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Old 02-04-2004, 10:44 AM
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if u checked everythign its proly teh fan, gran it and try to spin it fast if it stops right after then its fine, i just replaced mine with an electricone, i actaulyl felt a diffrence on teh top end, *** dyno sais 2 hp
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how long did you overheat for? you know you could of fucked you engine by overheating it right?
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Old 02-04-2004, 12:22 PM
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How do you know the water seals are good?...I've never heard of the gusher test. I would check the t-stat...and get the radiator cleaned...it could be clogged
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Old 02-04-2004, 12:28 PM
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I would flush the rad (thus changing the coolant in the whole system), and make SURE you have a mazda OEM thermostat..
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Originally Posted by ColinRX7' date='Feb 4 2004, 10:28 AM
I would flush the rad (thus changing the coolant in the whole system), and make SURE you have a mazda OEM thermostat..
Of course, it takes more than a radiator flush to clean the entire system as this will not do anything for the water in the engine.



Yeah, what is the gusher test?
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Originally Posted by Redwood' date='Feb 4 2004, 08:33 PM
Of course, it takes more than a radiator flush to clean the entire system as this will not do anything for the water in the engine.



Yeah, what is the gusher test?
Just use the coolant drain plug on the engine
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