Re: Overheated After a Repair
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Originally Posted by Abarine
Just an update: I called the guy this morning and he said that the problem was caused by an air bubble in the coolant line; he'd mentioned this to me when I picked it up but I didn't realize this is what he meant. He drove out to my house and replaced the coolant, and it seems to be fine ATM. Ever hear of that before? I work with pumps and boilers, and it makes sense (we call it air lock), but I'd not realized it could happen in car radiators.
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Yeah, but its doesn't speak well to his competence that he didn't bleed teh system properly.
There's a bleeder valve by the thermostat.
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