It overheated again. I took it back. THey burped it again and said it must have had air in it. Also they said as long as its in the normal range dont worry. It sometimes begs the hot edge of normal. The top of the N in norm for those familir with old Ford temp gagues. What the hell?
2007-01-04 07:26:21 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
OK more background. Its an 87 Ranger with a 2.9. I replaced all the hoses on Christmas day and really f'd it up. Worked fine till yesterday. Took it in and they said it was full of air so they burped it. I drove it 67 miles and it never got over halfway. N is the closest letter in norm to the hot line.
This morning it pegged on the N all the way back
2007-01-04 07:37:16 · update #1
As long as it does not go passed the l in normal they say its ok. Missed earlier Question but is it a ford explorer and did you have the intake done. If so Ive done a couple of these and cust all have come back saying temp is not higher. I checked everything and found that the intake gasket are slightly different. Causing a higher temp.As for burping just run the car past warm up park it till it cold open the rad cap and top up that should be all it takes. Good luck hope I helped
2007-01-04 07:33:26 · answer #1 · answered by Rudedude 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Big picture: If the gauge tends to fall back down to a cooler range when your traveling 60 mph down the open highway, then it's probably not a plugged radiator or bad thermostat. At hot idle, you depend on the engine's cooling fan to come on when the temperature reaches the upper hot limit. Or maybe you have one of those older clutch activated fans that turns off at high RPM, but connects the fan blades at low RPM when the fan cooling is needed at idle. So make sure your cooling fan is working according to specification. Don't forget, that if there's air in the system it will probably distort your temperature gauge reading, and that your gauge could be malfunctioning. One sure fire way to measure engine temperature is to point a non-contact Infrared Temperature gun at the thermostat housing.
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2007-01-04 15:36:19 · answer #2 · answered by bobweb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's not why its overheating.
2007-01-04 15:34:33 · answer #3 · answered by Lane 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋