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99 Altima GXE new radiator, new thermostat, new temp sensor, recent oil change. My car will idle fine and temp stays steady but when i drive it around the corner the temp gauge spikes and starts to shut off. like it was over heating. engine will not even been warm to the touch and fan cuts on. what could be the problem.

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It is located where the big hose comming out of your radiator connects to top of engine. Remove hose from engine your thermostat is undernieth

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 25, 2009

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your fan will also come on when the defroster is on and when the airconditioning is on so it could be something to do with the inside temp controls

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Mike Butler

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  • Posted on Feb 16, 2009

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I will normally remove rad cap when cool. Start engine, set heater in car to heat & turn on blower, if you use defrost setting, the rad fan &/or AC fan will come on, and you don't want that. Then while running with cap off, make sure coolant in rad is an inch or 2 from top of rad, and let it run. When engine gets to normal operating temperature on the gauge, you'll start to see more flow in radiator, and rad fan should come on shortly after, to cool the incoming hot liquid in the rad, that tells you the thermostat opened as it should, and the process starts again, engine coolant gets to temp, thermostat opens, hot goes to top of rad for cooling, and cooler liquid goes out the bottom to engine, etc etc. If your heater is not on while doing this, the coolant doesn't get to heater core in most cases, thus creates an airlock, or will cause level in rad to go down when it is turned on, and thus reduces amount of coolant in rad, plus airlocks in the entire system. So, let it run to the point that the rad fan comes on & off on it's own, about 3 times, while you watch the gauge, to make sure it doesn't overheat, if it does, shut it off and let it cool down & try again. if all appears good, top rad up if needed to an inch or so from top, put your cap on properly, add coolant to proper level in return bottle & try it and see what happens. Remember though, I am assuming thermostat was put in correctly, rad in good shape, fan is working properly as well as water pump doing it's job. If this method doesn't work, get back to me with results.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Feb 21, 2009

SOURCE: ford ranger truck overheating

I have had this happen with my ranger. Changed everything I could to try to fix the over heating. It turned out that I had a small leak in my head gasket and it was allowing exsaust gas to go into the cooling system witch was over pressurizing it. Also the air from the exsaust will heat up much faster than liquid making your thermostat to read hot and will not be able to blow hot air in the cab because there is no liquid going to the heater core. This happened to me when my blet came off and I tryed to make it home. If you had it over heat for a long peirod of time it may have ripped the head gasket.

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Jerry Koski

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  • Posted on Apr 22, 2009

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Make sure you have gotten all the air out of the system by running the car with the cap off for a bit.. also make sure the radiator overflow if at proper level.. next look at your radiator and see if it is plugged up with trash bugs what ever this will slow your cooling big time.. also look between your radiator and your air condition condensor and make sure its clean also there can be trash in there causing it to heat .. also check belts make sure they are tight.. really sounds like you started with air in system and system might be air locked needing to run a bit with cap off when cool. dont take cap off when hot ... make sure over flow is full also... thanks and holler if you need more. Jerry

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