2001 Buick Century overheating

Asked by ErickaGaskins Sep 07, 2018 at 05:36 PM about the 2001 Buick Century Custom Sedan FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My car keeps overheating and shutting off.
Sometimes it will crank back up and
sometimes i have to wait 20-30 minutes. I
have checked the cooling system and it still
has water when this happens. The radiator
cap doesnt even get hot. Just the engine. I
just recently replaced the temperature gage
and dont know what else it could be.

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firebird338 answered 6 years ago

Try bleeding air from system like this remove cap from overflow tank fill with antifreeze to full mark leave cap off and start vehicle and let idle you will notice level in tank start to rise this is normal once thermostat starts to open level in tank will drop add more antifreeze to full mark then put cap back on.

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Shane answered 4 months ago

make sure no air getting in there of in there turn ac on see if fan goes on if it does that works so not the fan so turn ac off and watch as it goes over half way to hot thr fan should kick on and it should cool down if it doesnt come on then it's a thermostat if it on and has coolant check to see if its brown and milky if it is thats a head gasket if not check the oil to see if coolants in there

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