I had quite a situation today with my truck, I went to a car and truck show, on the way there it kept overheating to the point that is was boiling within the radiator. I filled the radiator to the top trying to keep and get all the air out of it. Seemed to work a little better. The last time I did it I drove about 5 miles with the temperature not going above 130 or so. On the way home (some 5 hours later) I went through the whole process again. I really believe now that it's air not getting all the way out of the system. In the morning I'm going to remove the temp stat from the head, then I'm going to plumb up a bleed valve where the stat originally was housed and put the stat in above the bleed, thinking that I will be able to get all the air out at the highest point.
If that fails I will attach a fitting so a water hose could be attached and back flush the system into the radiator.
Does anyone have any other ideas?
Last edited by DR; 09/11/2011 1:07 AM.
