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Old Jun 7, 2018 | 11:48 AM
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Hi people as the title says my car started overheating(4bars ap1) when the other day i was slight uphill with ~90m/h cruising i would say.
Slowed down a little and 3 bars again. After an hour i started it again and went to check it. Same story 4 bars after some hard acceleration i pushed some more and saw 5th bar for 2-3 seconds as i stopped it fell to 4th and after 10seconds 3rd again so i stopped pushing it and drove
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Old Jun 7, 2018 | 12:11 PM
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are you leaking coolant? do you have coolant in your over flow? do a bleed, ensure no air, look for cracked pipes and leak, especially wet stains on hot parts
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Old Jun 7, 2018 | 12:17 PM
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Checked for leaks from first insident didnt found any nor coolant missing the other day from first overheat. Im thinking to do a comp test just so i can sleep at night cause i shit my pants when i saw 5th bar. Then if its ok ill try to flush the rad from these lentil-like inside that seem to have formed in the passages
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Old Jun 8, 2018 | 04:18 AM
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yea i dont know what those are they seem pretty weird, just flush with water until coolant comes clear, than just drain following billmans method
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Old Jun 10, 2018 | 11:54 AM
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Wonder if the little beads are hard deposits or gelatinous ? Hopefully they aren't sitting around the thermostat. For the relatively low cost of a nice aluminum rad I'd probably swap in a new Koyo rad.

To get it perfect you could remove the thermostat, block coolant plug, and then give it a good flush iwith high pressure water from a garden hose. It is a bit of work to remove the thermostat but worth checking if it continues to overheat and the rad flush doesn't solve the issue.

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