overheating 2001 intrepid
Asked by cmw21c Feb 18, 2011 at 07:28 PM about the 2001 Dodge Intrepid SE FWD
Question type: Maintenance & Repair
i have a 2001 dodge intrepid with the 2.7 engine it recently started overheating so far i have replaced the thermostat,fan sensor,radiator,radiator cap,water pump and both top and bottom radiator hoses but yet and still the car still is overheating what could it possibly be
8 Answers
Is it boiling over, or is the guage showing hot? If it's blowing water out it may be a cracted head or a blown gasget. If not try running car with rad. cap off and check water temp with a thermometer. It shouldn't go over 200 deg. Try replacing the temp. sending unit.
yeah 2.7 engines have a nasty habbit of blowing head gaskets, they will also coke oil due to poor circulation, so running a thin weight synthetic oil is essential. to be honest i'd cut your losses if you can and get rid of it, try to find one with a 3.0 they're much better.
OrLackThereof answered 13 years ago
What Justin said. Pull your radiator cap and start the engine up...if it starts pushing coolant out immediately and you see consistent bubbles or air burps that don't stop until you turn the engine off, that's classic compression in the coolant system from a blown HG. There are also specific gravity coolant analyzers designed to detect exhaust gases in the coolant, but I agree...cut your losses. Even if you were able to repair that engine, it's been overheated so many times that it's likely got internal damage anyways.
wickedlilmamma answered 12 years ago
how do u get the bottom hose off with out taken it all a part
I'd sell, the 2.7 engine isn't a good one. They also fail due to sludge build up...
I've got the same year/engine Intrepid. There's just one question that only you know. How much has/was it driven while hot? I'd have to agree with many here and suspect the head gasket since you've changed the water pump. How long was it driven before the pump was changed. Was there coolant in the oil? How long? I'm not as hard on 2.7's because I think 95% of problems start with a leaking water pump that, because of it's location, will leak coolant right into the oil and dilute it causing all manor of woe. Then it's taken to "mechanics" who aren't familiar with it and it just goes south from there. If you think the engine didn't "cook" (and only you can answer that) I'd go ahead and change the head gaskets and give it a go. When one starts thinking of swapping engines, no matter how well they "fit", it's time to get another car.
