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Engine Light On
The Engine signal came on as I was driving. The temp gage keeps rising as I drive, and drops as I stop. I pooped the hood - the radiator cap and hose are hot. Since the thermostat is new - less than 3 months old - is it a case that the light and gage would require only me to add coolant?
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How's the coolant level? Radiator cap should be hot when you're driving. When was the last time you replaced it though? Any leaks? Either that or the fans are broken or the relays that control said fans.
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What kind of thermostat did he put in? There's a proper orientation for it. Also did he burp the system, there may be air in it.
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It'd also help if you read the code using an OBDII reader to see what the culprit may be
#6
I don't know. I could drive it back to him - but I just wanted to make sure the car was OK to drive it to him. The extreme heat to the touch had me worried.
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no problemo
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Ck driver side radiator fan operation at correct time, and does not run more than 1 minute after shutdown
Sounds like you have a rad fan sensor A problem (common) or water pump, or thermostat is NOT OE and upside down/rotated
Is the rad free flowing and clean? Why was thermostat replaced? type of failure?
IS the system burped per the book method with engine runs held at 2000 rpm till fan cycles then idle and cycles,
then 2000, then idle and final top off.
Sounds like you have a rad fan sensor A problem (common) or water pump, or thermostat is NOT OE and upside down/rotated
Is the rad free flowing and clean? Why was thermostat replaced? type of failure?
IS the system burped per the book method with engine runs held at 2000 rpm till fan cycles then idle and cycles,
then 2000, then idle and final top off.
#13
Ck driver side radiator fan operation at correct time, and does not run more than 1 minute after shutdown
Sounds like you have a rad fan sensor A problem (common) or water pump, or thermostat is NOT OE and upside down/rotated
Is the rad free flowing and clean? Why was thermostat replaced? type of failure?
IS the system burped per the book method with engine runs held at 2000 rpm till fan cycles then idle and cycles,
then 2000, then idle and final top off.
Sounds like you have a rad fan sensor A problem (common) or water pump, or thermostat is NOT OE and upside down/rotated
Is the rad free flowing and clean? Why was thermostat replaced? type of failure?
IS the system burped per the book method with engine runs held at 2000 rpm till fan cycles then idle and cycles,
then 2000, then idle and final top off.
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