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dragon240sx · 12-21-2002, 09:38 AM

Well I've still got the same problem. My car is overheating at low RPM's but when I downshift and raise it above 3000 the engine will cool back off. I JUST replaced the waterpump after being told by several sources that was the issue and guess what, still overheating. Well I noticed after I started the car up and it began to overheat the hose coming out of the thermostat housing was stone cold while the top hose going into the top of the engine was boiling hot. Well I went to Nissan and told the guy this morning what was going on and he says the radiator is stopped up which is why the bottom hose is cold because the water isn't getting through...WTF? Anybody out there have any clues what's going on and is the radiator really the problem?

Oh by the way, I have replaced the thermostat to so it's not that it is stuck shut...

12-21-2002, 09:38 AM	#1
dragon240sx Leaky Injector Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Hickory, NC Age: 44 Posts: 111 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Overheating!! Help!! Well I've still got the same problem. My car is overheating at low RPM's but when I downshift and raise it above 3000 the engine will cool back off. I JUST replaced the waterpump after being told by several sources that was the issue and guess what, still overheating. Well I noticed after I started the car up and it began to overheat the hose coming out of the thermostat housing was stone cold while the top hose going into the top of the engine was boiling hot. Well I went to Nissan and told the guy this morning what was going on and he says the radiator is stopped up which is why the bottom hose is cold because the water isn't getting through...WTF? Anybody out there have any clues what's going on and is the radiator really the problem? Oh by the way, I have replaced the thermostat to so it's not that it is stuck shut... __________________ Derek V. 1996 Nissan 240sx "Never say it's not worth the pain because sometimes it is"