over heating problem?
#1
08-11-2009, 11:23 PM
over heating problem?
I noticed that my 1997 3.8L camaro was running hotter the usual the other day so i took it home and checked my coolant levels. They were a little low so i added more coolant. The next day on my way to work it was a little bit better but was still running hotter than it normally does. I stopped and had my car in park, still running and in the matter of a couple minutes the temp rose almost to the red. i figured it was my thremostat so i replaced that and i flushed the cooling system. When i was driving it after i replaced the thermostat and flushed the cooling system to see what the temp would do it was right around 180 but when i got home and let it sit it jumped up to almost the red again. anyone have any ideas on what might be wrong?
Last edited by jproud27; 08-12-2009 at 12:00 AM.
#4
08-12-2009, 12:19 AM
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Tokeland, Washington
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fan should come on before it get really hot. clean or change the temp sensor should be in the head, front driver side i think. not the temp gage sensor should be in the intake manifold. is it running ok?
#7
08-12-2009, 01:39 PM
no there aren't any leaks but while i was driving it today it was still getting hot but on my way home i turned on the A/C for a couple minutes and the temp started to go down. once i got home i let it sit for awhile with the A/C off to see if it would get hot again and it did but it took alot longer today than it did yesterday to get really hot?
Last edited by jproud27; 08-12-2009 at 01:42 PM.
#8
08-12-2009, 06:07 PM
I had an "overheating" issue today too. I was in stop and go traffic and it never rose above the 1/2 way notch, but the car usually operates at the first notch on the gauge. I couldn't hear the fan, but I'm not sure what it would sound like anyways.
#9
08-12-2009, 06:14 PM
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Tokeland, Washington
Posts: 21,740
no there aren't any leaks but while i was driving it today it was still getting hot but on my way home i turned on the A/C for a couple minutes and the temp started to go down. once i got home i let it sit for awhile with the A/C off to see if it would get hot again and it did but it took alot longer today than it did yesterday to get really hot?
