Appropriate engine temperature
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Re: Appropriate engine temperature
Not out of line for an engine under a load IMO.
Did it drop back down after getting past the hill and resume flat ground travels?
Is the radiator completely full and radiator fan runs when it should?
Did it drop back down after getting past the hill and resume flat ground travels?
Is the radiator completely full and radiator fan runs when it should?
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Re: Appropriate engine temperature
Well the hill was the end of the drive and I let it sit for about a minute and it dropped to 203 then came back up. fan was on, running well.
car makes a UFO glug glug glug sound, doesn't sound like the engine so I'm wondering if it's air in the coolant. I bled it for like 45 on a flat area, thinking about an incline but those funnels are expensiveeeee :/
car makes a UFO glug glug glug sound, doesn't sound like the engine so I'm wondering if it's air in the coolant. I bled it for like 45 on a flat area, thinking about an incline but those funnels are expensiveeeee :/
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Top of a water bottle works well in a pinch, provided you have something to cut the top off with. Alternatively, good aim has done me well for pouring coolant
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From: Midwest. Aiming about mid-chest
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6th gens can have head gasket problems the same as 7th gens, slowly pushes coolant into the reservoir and hard to figure out, will pass the usual checks most people can think of.
