We got an overdue oil change and had them fill up the coolant. A week later we had the Ac blasting and were driving up hill, (same as last week) and it overheated.

Asked by Patrick Jun 10, 2015 at 06:56 PM about the 2002 Chrysler Town & Country eX LWB FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

When I looked under the hood the coolant
was empty I put more in when I got home
but it overheated again, there was coolant
still the next time.

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Usually, when you open the cooling system, you must bleed the air. Trapped air will caused an engine to overheat.

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