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Old 06-23-2017, 12:35 PM
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my car started to over heat and the water reservoir started bubbling what may cuase that
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Originally Posted by Cobrakid
my car started to over heat and the water reservoir started bubbling what may cuase that
really? Are you not car literate? What if any troubleshooting did you do?
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I bet i know what the issue is already
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Default Iam burping the radiator

changing the cap
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Go drive it, get back home, touch both radiator hoses and report back
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Their thight
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I wasnt asking if they were tight....
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A few things could be the problem
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I just drove it around and still heats up as soon I drive it the needle starts going up but I notice then when I try to burp it out the water just keep rising it never went down and radiator hoses are full o pressure
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You clearly won't be able to fix it yourself even if someone can magically guess through a computer screen. Take it to a shop and be done with it.
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Well that's true just wanted to see if anybody else had the same problem to maybe get and idea
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Originally Posted by travlee
Go drive it, get back home, touch both radiator hoses and report back

he failed the test. kids these days...
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Originally Posted by Cux350z
he failed the test. kids these days...
exactly....but whatever, i tried to help him help himself
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Originally Posted by Cobrakid
Well that's true just wanted to see if anybody else had the same problem to maybe get and idea
just one person? Everyone and their brother has had this problem at least once...Travlee was helping you...

but, take it to the shop ... +/-$240 to have the shop fix it
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Are the cooling fans coming on ?
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It's almost like the first link tells you: "What and How?"...
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Originally Posted by coletrickle74
you clearly won't be able to fix it yourself even if someone can magically guess through a computer screen. Take it to a shop and be done with it.
bingo!
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Originally Posted by travlee
Go drive it, get back home, touch both radiator hoses and report back
Originally Posted by Cobrakid
Their thight
They're*


Temperature, dude; he wants you to check if both hoses are hot...smh




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