Overheating problems

have you tried a new water pump?


Tapatalk! arthy23

 

radiotor cap?

 

When the car is totally cold, open the radiator cap and start the car and look for any bubbles popping in the radiator. You can also have someone rev the car and look for bubbles. Do not try this when the car is warm or hot. The car should be dead cold. If there are any bubbles present then you have exhaust gasses going into the cooling system through a cracked head.

 

The heater tap is located on the drivers side of the engine and is plumbed from the firewall into a pipe on the back of the tensioner pulley and it is used to make your HVAC have some hot air when you ask for it. After a time they generally crack and leak and just leave a horrible mess all over your driveway and that will make your car overheat due to coolant loss BUT in your case, it is sounding like the heads. First though I'd be checking for a coolant leak somewhere, then making sure the radiator fans work, then doing a compression test, then a TK test just to be sure that it is actually your heads and not just some random bolt somewhere that you didn't tighten, etc.

 

Ah ok well thats a bit of a different problem then. For that I'd be checking your plugs, leads and coil packs. From there if nothing is found I'd be looking at fuel delivery so the injectors, then the sensors (Crank Angle Sensor, etc).