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It overheats when it wants to. After a drive or during one it over heats and I shut it off immediately. Upon opening the hood I use a flat head and loosen the bleeder screw on the top of the coolant tank, when I do this sometimes a little air comes out sometimes a lot. I drive it everyday. I decided to take it to the shop notes above (thanks pat) and they're starting the work Monday 1/25/16. It's pricey but id like to be able to drive my car without having any thing to worry about again. Plus I don't have any heat coming out of my vents so it's a hassle driving to work in the morning. Once this problem is resolved I can start saving for the aftermarket parts that I want... Again I thank you all for your responses
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If air comes out of the bleeder....is the cooling system bled?
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i was gonna say, you sure this is a head gasket? or is that just your guess? could be a number of things. hopefully the shop you brought it to will diagnose before just diving into a head gasket job...
Dan
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I bled the cooling system after doing thermostat and it still gets more air in the system obviously leaking somewhere (most likely the HG) yes it has coolant in it and it's not low. Every so often I check it when I'm letting air out of the tank. Heater core could be clogged but that doesn't explain to me why I keep getting air in the system. The shop I took it to will diagnos it first before tearing it apart.
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Air being trapped by the water pump causes no flow and no heat. Air being pushed in from a combustion chamber to cooling system leak would cause this. Do you have rough could startups? You should start with a hydrocarbon test of the coolant. This will tell you if combustion gasses are entering the coolant.
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I wish I had more time that I could have volunteered my services (and heated garage) but you're in good hand with Olins. It's a solid group over there.
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I spoke to him yesterday and it looks like the head gasket blew, had a cracked head and scored cams. He's getting a used engine with 83k on it that they are going to install for him.
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