-- Glenn Beasley Chrysler Tech If the vehicle overheats at highway speeds you can rule the fan out because the air flow going across the radiator will keep it cool Glenn Beasley Chrysler Tech
That was precisely what I was suggesting. Hence the sentence in my previous post: "Let's try this again: When it does overheat, you have absolutely verified that the fans are running *at* *that* *time*?" How many different ways do we have to say it? Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address with the letter 'x')
Thats usually true, but not ALWAYS. A lot of cars have such small grilles and needle-noses that there's not quite enough ram-air flow to keep up with cooling demand at high speeds.
hello this might sound a little funny when you go to fill your rad put the car on a ramp on the passenger side and refill the rad open the bleeder scew . or it could be a head gasket because my car did the same thing the systeme would fill with air . spanky
Update...Well for various reasons, I am still limping along keeping an eye on the temperature guage. I am still leaning toward a head gasket leak and am checking into costs to have it replaced (after they of course do a compression test and rule out any other possibilities). The freaky part is my other 97 Intripid has now started overheating (and coincidentaly has been idling quite high the last few days too). This one hopefully will be easier to resolve, as the electric fans are definitely not coming on. With a quick look around, I noticed the ground strap from the engine to the body is corroded off. My first plan is to replace it and see it the fans will work (and hopefully the idle returns to normal). Maybe it is time to retire the old Intrepids... Mark
Finally some reasonable repair costs! It turns out my second Intrepid's overheating was due to a faulty rad cap. The coolant was starting to boil off before the fans would start because of the lack of pressure. And I got a rough estimate of $1500 Cdn to get the head gaskets done on the other one! Mark
Final verdict and solution! It turns out the head gasket was bad and the heads warped 0.20". Now when the car runs the temperature is like my other car running around the halfway point on the guage (versus 1/4).
