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So I took it in to a garage on Friday to have them diagnose it. Had it there all day and they couldn't get it to overheat. They said from what I was describing it could be a faulty t-stat. They said they have had non oem t-stats cause intermittent problems, they always replace with oem. I...

pcb - SLC is Salt Lake City, Utah. I am mixing 50/50. P-Funk! - The inlet house going into the top of the radiator is hot, can't touch it for long at all. The outlet hose coming out of the bottom of the radiator is warm and grab onto it on hold. I took out the thermostat tonight and tested...

pcb - Thanks for your help. I did have the rad cap off when I burped the system. That is exactly what the thermostat looks like that I replaced a year and a half ago (I still have it), I mean the same cracks. I had replaced it with a Murray Ultra. Mine is not spraying, dripping, or loosing...

If by “burp” you mean, warm up motor – run at 2.5k rpm for 5 min – run at 3k rpm for sec., then yes. So I drove it home from work today, 22 miles. It was mostly freeway (60mph 2.5k rpm). It warmed up quick, but then the temp gauge stayed at way until I came to a light, about 5 miles from...

Thanks everyone. pcb - The fan is coming on before the temp gauge ever starts to rise. It hasn't thrown the CEL. rit14623 - I have not replaced the belt before. I think that is what I am looking at, replacing the water pump and timing belt. sleepwalker - The heater puts out really hot air...

I have been having some overheating issues. I have a 2003 MP5 with just barely over 100K on it. About a week ago I noticed just as I was pulling away from a light that the temp gauge was at 3/4, but dropped quickly down to 1/2 as I was moving. Over the next week it seemed fine, with temp...