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Car overheating after coolant flush and new thermostat has about only 87,000 miles

  

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Hi Scotty Big fan of yours sir thank in advance for your help and advice sir. I have a mitsubishi galant 2002 ls v4

the car started overheating this summer but was fine in winter and so on. It just started happening. Within 10-15 minutes its start getting in middle temp gauge and soon almost all the way to red zone hot. I live in vegas and its really hott here. I changed the thermostat and did coolant fluch prior i also had the coolant leakfrom throttle body hose so i bypassed the hoses and the heater core hoses. When i turn on the car til it gets hot i take off radiator cap and notice coolant overflows from radiator neck but no bubbles and engine dip stick is clear oil . Any suggestions why the car just started overheating and what can be the culprit to fix thnk you again


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If you didn't already, get a burp funnel to get the air out of the system with the heater opened and set on high.


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Not sure if this is applicable to your car, but it is worth a shot.

Did you run your heater after the flush? In many cars, the heater is part of the engine cooling system, and the heater needs to be running in order to get the coolant through the entire system after a flush. Otherwise the car will overheat. 

 


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Well make sure he didn't bypass the flow. Some cars have to flow through the heater core or you'll mess with the heating system. Now. If it's not that do my video how to fix an overheating car Scotty. It's on YouTube and it'll show you everything to test. Pray it's not a blowing head gasket which it often is on those


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