VolvoPunch
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- Sep 11, 2006
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- Bend, Or
I finally got my car running after about 2 years of it sitting around. I installed a new radiator, water pump and thermostat. I'm sure the cooling system has been dry for awhile since the car has been sitting for a few years without a motor.
Anyways I topped off the system, left coolant reservoir cap off and opened up and started the engine. Then I opened up the coolant bleeder port at the back of the block on the passenger side. A flow of coolant started to come out so I shut the drain valve thinking the block was getting filled with coolant now. I went back into the cabin and turned on the heat and allowing the fan to run on max. The air become warm but not scalding hot like I remember it used to be.
The top radiator house is hot and the bottom radiator house is cold as ice making be believe coolant is not flowing through. So I began to squeeze the top rubber housing hopping to get some coolant flowing though the system. The top is suppose to be hot and the bottom cool right? Coolant flows from the top of the radiator to the bottom?
At this point the engine had clearly warmed up and maybe come a bit to warm because you could not touch the cylinder head on the intake side it had gotten that warm from running for 4 or 5 minutes. At this point I realized the engine had started to over heat and MS was reporting temps in the 190f range so I shut it off. The E-Fan had been running constantly for several minutes but I was not seeing any changes in the temperatures.
What's wrong with my cooling system?
Anyways I topped off the system, left coolant reservoir cap off and opened up and started the engine. Then I opened up the coolant bleeder port at the back of the block on the passenger side. A flow of coolant started to come out so I shut the drain valve thinking the block was getting filled with coolant now. I went back into the cabin and turned on the heat and allowing the fan to run on max. The air become warm but not scalding hot like I remember it used to be.
The top radiator house is hot and the bottom radiator house is cold as ice making be believe coolant is not flowing through. So I began to squeeze the top rubber housing hopping to get some coolant flowing though the system. The top is suppose to be hot and the bottom cool right? Coolant flows from the top of the radiator to the bottom?
At this point the engine had clearly warmed up and maybe come a bit to warm because you could not touch the cylinder head on the intake side it had gotten that warm from running for 4 or 5 minutes. At this point I realized the engine had started to over heat and MS was reporting temps in the 190f range so I shut it off. The E-Fan had been running constantly for several minutes but I was not seeing any changes in the temperatures.
What's wrong with my cooling system?