vast ways to overheat. do you want a list?
got signs.? just the gauge or got steam... do TELL?
if it really overheated, did the fans come on.
did you read all the diagnostic steps on the FSM? (alldata.com)
or at
suzuki pit stop plus for 4 bucks?
have you, tried to replace anything yet>?
do you want to guess or TEST.
one way is long and expensive , other is save money
your call,
most DYI , do the never done full cooling service, now.
full flush and new thermostat.
6 year old thermostat are kind , END of LIFE now.
signs:
(rad id full of 50% antifreeze, look in rad not the overflow tank) COLD.
1: belt slips? to pump? makes noise or just slips?
2: fans never come on.
3: engine pings. (knocks or detonates)
4: steam or water spouting from RAD or side tank?
5: water in engine oil? or a/t trans? (dip stick end looks milky)
6: carbon dust in the AF , when looking on dead cold , rad cap off neck hole..
7: guage lies, or surges. gauges do lie, or air in the block below STAT makes this happen, no sender or STAT can work in AIR POCKET.
none. so did you really check the level cold at RAD cap off?
8: lost engine power?
9: try a new RAD cap yet, for 5bucks. (if the GASKET IS OK, IT'S OK)
10: if all the above works, Use any IR pyro heat gun meter, to see
if all rad tubes, (hot) read the same, top and bottom
if side flow rad? left and right,. each tube starts at about 180F
and drops by up to 50F degrees. to 130F at the other end of tube
if one tube is same temp end to end,it's clogged,
if all that pans out. the pump is bad.
like this one.
http://www.fixkick.com/Cooling-engine/electrolysis1.jpg
the gun
http://www.fixkick.com/my-IR-GUN.gif
for about 15bucks at Harbor Fright (pun)
im sure i missed a test. but that happens as you proceed.
as you gather evidence you will, do other test. or actions.
diagnostic logic.
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