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MantaDreams · 12-06-2007, 08:52 PM

guys guys guys
stop troubleshooting backwards from the worst possible answer.
start simple
1. thermostat installed in proper direction.
2. sufficient coolant
3. properly bleed air from hollow bolt on t-stat housing, while filling.
4. water pump not working
5. plug in hoses
6. if hoses replaced, were they the correct ones (one of the hoses has a special restictor built-in.... I guess to regulate flow.) were the hoses connected exactly back the way they were.
7. fouled rad

THEN start on the more complicated, deeper, threatening problems.

12-06-2007, 08:52 PM	#6
MantaDreams 3rd Gear Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 654	RE: 96' Mustang 3.8 overheating problem with no heat? guys guys guys stop troubleshooting backwards from the worst possible answer. start simple 1. thermostat installed in proper direction. 2. sufficient coolant 3. properly bleed air from hollow bolt on t-stat housing, while filling. 4. water pump not working 5. plug in hoses 6. if hoses replaced, were they the correct ones (one of the hoses has a special restictor built-in.... I guess to regulate flow.) were the hoses connected exactly back the way they were. 7. fouled rad THEN start on the more complicated, deeper, threatening problems.