I have a 1993 ford thunderbird that has problems heating up. I changed the thermostate and waterpump. Ive burped it to get the air out. What happens is when i first drive it cold it will heat up and then the temp gauge will jump and almost get out of the normal range and the heat inside the car will get cold. sometimes it will get warm for a minute and get cold again. Im lost.
2007-03-11 19:09:37 · 4 answers · asked by demo_steven 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Ford
The thermostate is in right, i lose water over time like 1/4-1/2gal in a month. and there is very little (i mean very little) greyish white puffs from the tail pipe.
2007-03-12 10:38:18 · update #1
it is the 3.8L motor
2007-03-12 10:38:49 · update #2
will a bad temp sender cause the inside air to get cold and hot irratically?
2007-03-12 10:39:47 · update #3
sorry to say but you need new head gaskets sounds like the exhaust side ports of your head gaskets blew have the heads sent to a reputable machine shop to have checked the headgasket set runs about 100.00 or so dont forget new head bolts those are torque to yield bolts. gl2u man.
2007-03-12 18:25:22 · answer #1 · answered by believe me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Air pockets in cooling system, if the engine is a 3.8L looks like head gasket trouble
2007-03-12 06:28:24 · answer #2 · answered by kayef57 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
are you losing a lot of water? white smoke coming out the exhaust? blown head gasket or cracked head.
you may have installed the thermostat backwards or even have a bad temp sender
2007-03-12 13:45:00 · answer #3 · answered by ClassicMustang 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually that indicates air bubbles in your cooling system. Could be that you have a stopped-up place somewhere from particles in your radiator. You might want to try getting it flushed. Then, there's always the possibility of a bad sensor somewhere.
2007-03-12 13:27:29 · answer #4 · answered by redrancherogirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋