Alright car guys and gals!
i need your advice! i have a 2000 tl-p with 156,000 miles.
the car runs great. i had a problem with the water pump about 2 months ago. i fixed the water pump and yesterday it started over heating again. any ideas on what causes it to overheat?
thanks

 

T-stat? Radiator fan/switches? Plugged radiator?

 

HOW does it overheat--suddenly when stopped at light? then goes back down moving?
or slowly climbs from start to redline and have to shut off engine
what?

on water pump prob- was it overheating or leaking?- does it/has it hit temp redline and been driven at that temp?

inside the res bottle cap is a hose attached to the cap- if that falls off no fluid transfer
Ck rad cap seal and spring assembly- lot of those failures recently

you replaced the water pump and timing belt? drained engine block for that job
How did you burp the system to get all the air out afterwards??

 

Sounds like a thermostat, I would've done that first its only about 50 bucks.

 

ck the oil and coolant--any crossover will show as brown foamy fluid
Does the driver side fan come on and off as needed
the passenger side fan operates with the ac on?
rad cap condition

 

as a heads up: when the car is driven with redline temps,, prob fixed and car goes away happy for several months,,only to return with a blown head gasket!
They get damaged then slowly show the failure

thats what cking the fluids is for