Overheating

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Asked by GuruCTBXX Feb 11, 2019 at 12:16 AM about the 2005 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LS RWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have a overheating problem with my truck ive
done the water pump, thermastat and the head
gasket and its still overheating. The Reservoir for
the coolant is boiling it was doing that before I
changed the head gasket and that's what made me
think it was the head gasket I'm about to blow the
truck up with a rocket launcher if I can't figure it out
please help

5 Answers

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Has the radiator been cleaned? Did you check the fan clutch also see if you can find a truck like it on a car lot or somewhere else and compare the air dams on your truck to the other.

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K so before i did the thermostat, water pump and thehead gasket i was topping off the coolant and there was what i think oil in with the coolant dont no what that was. But do u think its the radiator and is there some kind of cooling sensor that might be bad

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I just brought a new water pump from autozone because my 04 Tahoe is running hot I checked everything and the autozone pumps are causing these trucks to run hot I put a old factory water pump on and problem solved this is crazy but true they don’t flow water well at all

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