i just got my heads done new gaskets and everything like that..........well yesterday my upper radiator hose started steaming and come to find out it had a hole.....well i put a new hose in and this was all yesterday today driving home from kmart my car started steaming and i noticed my t-stat dind't open.........could i have a bad t-stat from my upper rad hose having a hole in it.....or is it something else.................thanks

 

Not an expert but I do work on cars..

At our shop whenever we do head gaskets we make every attempt to sell the hoses. I'd replace all of them if I were you.

Now on the heating deal.. you could have air trapped in the system.. common but again you should of had the thermostat replaced at the gasket change. I've seen that sometime when you expose the thremostat to elements they sometime quit working.. For all we know that thremostat is why you lost the gaskest in the first place?


I'd just go ahead and replace Hoses & Thremostat.. bleed the air from the system and you should be good to go!

Les

EDIT.. make sure your fan is working.. slect the A/C and see if the fan works.. didn't think about you having a fan problem.. sorry!

 

ANY time you do a cooling system repair, ALWAYS replace the thermostat. Not that it's always gonna be bad, but why take chances. And they are cheap enough.

 

yeah man fan works.......i checked it and it came on......maybee i need to bleed the air out........and put a new t stat in......the one thats in the car has no balbering but the one i have in my house has a ball bering any differnce

 

well after running my car for a little bit my radirtor has a small pin hole and thats where the coolent was comming out off.......just ordered a new radiator and hopefully ill be set to go..........wonder if my fan hit it and thats where the hole came from hmmmmmmmmmmm.

 

Coud be. But do yourself a favor. Change the t-stat as well. You've had 2 problems now, so why take chances?

 

thier goes my cai money.........but this is more important........yeah i have a oe ford replacement ball bering t-stat and i have to get some gasket seal to go around the t-stat housing.................why would the fan hit it though......maybee ill put a walcher on the nut so it 's not so close to the radiator..........do they make aluminum radiator hoses or no????

 

I've had t-stats locked open and locked closed for no apparent reason. You could have stuff floting around from your head change. Air in the system is usually the culpret. I'd change out the hoses and t-stat anyway. Let it come to temprature with the cap off..rev it several times..not enough to make the water come out but enought to make the water move faster...turn it off let it set and do it again..put the cap back on and drive it. See if it over heats again.

 

It could also be lack of maint. Aluminum radiators are more susceptible to electrolisys, and will develop pin holes if the coolant isn't flushed regularly. Either way, I'd seriously look into getting a brass replacement. Yea, they do weigh a little more, but they last a hell of a lot longer. And no, they do not make aluminum rad hoses. The hoses have to be flexable cus the rad is hard mounted, and the engine isn't. There has to be flex there somewhere.

 

well im getting the radiator at 3:30 eastern time so as soon as i put it back in and all together ill see if everything is ok and change the t-stat.............maybee i should invest in a new waterpump??????they didnt change that with the new heads