Thread: Overheating issue =-(

Not necessarily Scotty...especially if he's only ever pushing air due to having an airbound system.

Regardless, I still say he replaces the T-stat, bleeds it as outlined, and fixes that overflow hose...then we'll see what happens.

Hey Guys thank you for all the help.

The "straw" from the top of the reservoir cap fell to the bottom. I pulled the reservoir out, dumped the coolant in a clean bucket and fished out the straw. I think over the years it expanded and it was super loose on the cap. Anyhow i put a ziptie around it...then put everything back together. Filled the reservoir up a bit and started the car with the Rad cap off. I followed Scottie's directions to bleed the system and it went much better this time, when the fans started i bled it until i got a good solid stream, then topped off the rad side and capped it. Engine temp is normal now =-) Thank you so much for the help guys!
I think last night i was just not bleeding it properly or something because it doesn't make sense to me why i just kept getting steam even though the straw had fell off the cap.

I think the straw fell off a while back....its my GF car so i don't drive it everyday...anyhow i noticed it was missing when i squeezed the tube from the rad to the LIM i could hear it trying to "suck" back and forth on the reservoir cap...so i assume what happened is that over time it just collected air in the coolant system...eventually causing it to not run at the proper temp!