hi scotty my o4 Mitsubishi Galant overheated on big bear mountain it never overheats! unless i'm at high altitude only once prior it has. last year while i was in the lake tahoe mountains it has no leaks or sines of blown heads and the car has been really good to me and runs very good i watched 50 videos and some of you'rs as well i ended up getting a new radiator cap cuz mine was broken and i also bled a lot of air from the system and the heater started working again after a year but now my AC works on and off and i never had this issue before driving to big bear last week? do you know what this could be whether its a thermostat or clog somewhere ive driven the car all over hell with no over heating even 8 hours to tahoe and back more then 4 times only this time it over heats in the last 45 minutes of my trip to big bear
i was baffled the car did not red line i pulled it over filled up after it cooled and tried to finish getting up the moutain and it over heated again
since last week i've filled it up and bled air from the system and it drives perfectly fine...do you know what this unique situation problem would be? i feel like i wont know if its fixed or not until i drive to big bear moutain again also my temp gage stays at normal temp at all times
Thin air cools less. But more importantly to get to that altitude took a lot of work and not a lot of speed. RPM/SPEED I find is a good indicator of expected heat.
You should have stopped in Lake Arrowhead, or at least Running Springs!!
once we hit 500ft it over heated, i noticed cap was bad, it works perfectly on the street, coolant was coming out of resovouir
Clarification: Do you mean 5,000 feet? Also, what is the year, make, model, mileage?
It over heated a year ago at 8,000 elevationin tahoe the next day after the hike and heater quit working , and again last week at 500 feet up big bear ca , had it towed home and works ok , ac not working, i burped the coolant and heater started working
You asked this same question a couple of hours ago. Why?
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