My truck is overheating.

Asked by Biggin1008 May 26, 2019 at 10:36 PM about the 2002 Dodge RAM 1500 SLT Quad Cab 4WD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

When it overheats the top hose gets hot and blows out
pressure and some coolant from where its clamped on to
the radiator.there is no crack it comes from between the
hose and radiator.. The radiator is full the bottom hose
don't get hot and the coolant it the radiator dosnt get hot
either??

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KenF answered 5 years ago

Sounds like you do not have any coolant flow. Might be a bad thermostat (stuck closed), might also mean plugged radiator or a bad water pump. But obviously fix the leaking top hose first.

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