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11-08-2010
My GTP is over heating and I think it's the thermostat. I put a 180 degree fail safe thermostat in it and it locked open and it never got up to operating temperature after that. It got warm enough to read on the gauge but it never got to normal temp, but when it's in, it over heats in a couple miles of driving it. I have a couple of different thermostats that I have tried but it still over heats. Do you have any Ideas?
Last edited by Bio248; 11-09-2010 at 08:49 AM. Reason: a list? removed it.
11-08-2010
Do your radiator fans kick on?
Might be a radiator fan fuse
11-08-2010
Yeah the fans do kick on so I don't think it's that. Any other ideas?
Last edited by Brandon Busenitz; 11-09-2010 at 06:23 PM.
11-09-2010
i was long overdue for a coolant flush when i pulled my radiator. how olds the fluid?
11-09-2010
Definitely consider a coolant flush and changing over to the Green stuff, cause the orange stuff clumps and clogs
11-09-2010
I just changed it not a month ago and I do have the orange stuff in there(can you mix the orange and the green together?). The thing is when the thermostat is open it cools just fine, it never gets up to regular temperature.
Last edited by Brandon Busenitz; 11-09-2010 at 06:37 PM.
11-09-2010
Scan it to see what the PCM sees for temp. Your gauge may be off.
11-09-2010
dont mix the green stuff and the orange stuff... its like putting gravy in your radiator lol. It gets really thick and will get nasty. coolant flush if thats what happened.
11-09-2010
This. It could possibly be your Temp Sensor right under the thermoOriginally Posted by torq455
11-20-2010
I just did a radiator flush and put in a new thermostat(I didn't use a new gasket for the thermostat), and it still over heats. It runs fine without the thermostat and when it's in I know it's getting hot because it steams, but I haven't hooked up a computer yet to see what it says. Any Ideas?
11-20-2010
Water pump? My car needed one...it would constantly get up to like 230
11-20-2010
centred text necessary?
11-20-2010
I hooked it up to a computer and it read 122 when the gauge was just above 160 so I think I found the problem. Thanks a lot guys! I still don't know why my thermostat stuck open the first time?
Last edited by Brandon Busenitz; 11-22-2010 at 10:15 PM.
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