Overheating, no smoke, reservoir hot & bubbling. Changed thermostat and water pump.

Asked by Tigar420 Oct 04, 2016 at 09:05 PM about the 2006 Chevrolet Impala SS FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Overheats in less than 5 miles temp gauge red
lines. Resevoir starts bubbling over. This has
happened before replaced water pump and
problem went away about 2500 mile later problem
came back replaced thermostat. Stil didnt fix
problem. Help

5 Answers

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If you have water in our cooling system that would be one of your problems (replace with antifreeze). Water pump would last much longer than 2500 miles. If your thermostat housing has a bleeder on it, then the system has air in it and we need to let the air out (beware of HOT water). Another trick in did in the past (this might cause engine to take longer to warm up) is to drill a tiny hole on the thermostat. Please click on "Mark helpful" if you're happy with the respond. Good luck :-)

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Coolant temperature sensor under thermostat or front of engine small plug with wire.

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Your antifreeze Coolant might be contaminated and need your whole system needs to be flushed. Adding 50/50 antifreeze will resolve your problem after completing the flush process. Gd Luck!

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What did u do 2 fix the proem??? Same year make & model of car, same issues.... UGH

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