I had a similar (read: exact) problem. It was caused by the cooling fans not opearting. I spent $800 having a dealer sort it out. The problem was a broken ground wire between the relay box and the fans. You can troubleshoot them by jumping 12 vdc to the teminals on the fan housings. You'll have to disconnect the harness wires to do this. In the end, my cooling problem has been repaired and I do not know where they installed the wire. Temporarily, use your heater to cool the engine. Run it at max temp, max fan to cool things down. It's not the most comforfortable solution, but for temporary use it will keep your head from heat warping. Eric
2000 Pontiac grand am se keeps over heating I changed the water pump, the thermostat, radiator cap, head, and it is still over heating. make sure thermostat is going the right way , spring gose to the motor
I was having the same problem with my car. When you take the thermostat out it will automatically read cool. But I later found out that I had a leak in my radiator and had to replace it. Turned out that my heads are warped and was leaking oil into my water and into the radiator itself. Once i replaced the radiator its been fine.
If your vehicle keeps overheating, you should flush the cooling system, replace the coolant, and replace the thermostat. In fact, you should have done that before this.
The thermostat is broken and needs to be replaced. You need to disconnect the water heater until you can get it repaired to prevent over heating and a possible fire.
Head gaskets need to be done.
Thermostat needs to be replaced, it is not opening (most common). Is electric fan on radiator running normally from time to time?
Because that is its job! A thermostat is a device that measures the temperature of a given space or volume, and turns heating / cooling devices on and off accordingly. The thermostat in your house is designed to turn the heating off when the house is warm and turn it on when the house is cold. The thermostat in your car turns the radiator fan on when the oil / water temperature increases to a level that could be damaging to the engine (if you are stuck in traffic for example)
PossibleThe thermostat is located on the top of the engine - just follow the top radiator hose to the top of the engine. When you remove that hose you'll the thermostat. Do you have the Automatic Climate Control?
Low coolant, restriction in coolant flow, faulty fan clutch and/or hub, bad thermostat... you gotta do some actual diagnosis in order to narrow it down.
Replace the Thermostat, and bleed all air from the cooling system.
You could have a bad water pump causing no coolant flow, inoperable radiator fans, a coolant leak,............
my jetta keeps overheating so i replaced the thermostat hoping that was the problem but know there telling me it might be the water pump check it out maybe its that