99 cougar v6 2.5L has new water pump, radiater, and flush done, everything worked fine. then i just had thermostat changed now my temp. gauge is reading that the car is getting hot but feeling the hood of car it feels cool, so i don't know if my car is really overheating or if my gauge is giving me a false reading we'v tried manually bleeding the system but so far no fix. could this be cause of air bubble or bad sending unit? any ideas? please help
May be a defective thermostat or place in the wrong direction. If it's properly installed, might want to check the fan operation which may be producing the overheating.
If fan is good, one way to remove air in the coolant system is to run vehicle while all heaters on. take extra coolant and stop along the way to top off if needed. While driving, keep listening for the fan to begin running when vehicle reaches high temperatures.
If you continue to experience overheating, may want to take to a local known repair shop for further troubleshooting.
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. make sure valve on hose to heater from radiator is all the way open.
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There is a little hole close to the spool of the water pump, im not sure if its on top or bottom, but once you see that hole start the engine and if water starts leaking out of that hole you need a new water pump.
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This is extremely important on some cars, for instance my BMW. 1. Have the car parked in a slight uphill slope. Make sure there is enough coolant in the expansion jar.
2. Start the engine and wait for the thermostat to open (upper radiator hose becomes warm).
3. Open up the radiator bleeding nipples slightly with a large screwdriver (bleeding nipples normally made of plastic with a '+* for a screwdriver to fit, at the highest points in the cooling circuit).
4. Allow air bubbles to fizzle out until you get a steady stream of coolant leaking out, use rags to capture leaking coolant.
5. Then close the bleeding nipples, switch off the engine and wait a few minutes for pressure to come down.
6. Open up the cap on the expansion vessel carefully and fill just below the "hot" marking.
7. Check levels again after a few miles and refill further if needed.
Done.
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get a Haynes manual and see if the water hose has a bleeder screw on a line that is up higher than most.
Usually a small line that runs over the top of the motor. I had this happen on a chevy Malibu and I just had to open the screw while running (but not hot) to bleed the air out of the line.
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make sure the thermostat was instaled correctly and not upside down spring on thermostat goes towards motor or block good luck
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