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Your car overheated on your way home the coolant is fine you started it up again after it said cool and it got hot in less then 5 min what could be wrong?
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∙ 12y ago
Sounds like a bad thermostat, they get stuck close and will not let the water flow. Make sure the coolen sytem is clean or clogged. If coolent level is full make sure the fans are coming on, if there connected to the water pump make sure the fan clutch is not warn out. But if it overheats that fast sounds like the thermostat, if after that is replaced it could be a water pump, but start with the cheapest thing first. Thermosat new antifreze and a coolent sytme flush, then go from there.
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Why do you see oil in your coolant?
because the block is cracked or a head is cracked. or if you are lucky it could be just a head gasket. Has it overheated?
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The coolant leak is pretty cut and dry - you have a leak somewhere. The lukewarm heat (assuming you're referring to the car's heater) could be for a number of reasons. Insufficient coolant could be one of those. Your coolant could be burnt out. It could be a problem with one of your heater hoses. You could have a worn out heater core.
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Anywhere buddy
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Thermostat fail to open. Waterpump is on the deathbed. None, or not enough Anti-freeze in radiator.
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Could have just overheated
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How do you get the air out of the engine after changing the thermostat on a Saturn sl2?
Don't worry about it. If the engine has not been damaged, all you need to do is keep the coolant reservoir full, and run the engine enough to get it hot at which point it will push out a lot of the air. After it cools again, it will pull in the coolant. Keep the coolant level up by checking it every time you get ready to go somewhere. You'll notice when the coolant level no longer drops. Note that if the engine has overheated, it could have been damaged. If that happened, there could be a failed head gasket or cracked head. When either of those happen, combustion gas is forced into the coolant space, forcing coolant out of the engine and causing the engine to overheat rapidly. Unfortunately, if that has happened, the only option is to replace the faulty parts and re-surface the head.
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