PT Overheating at idle

[renee1958]

2003 Dream Cruiser 2
Help! For the past week when I am idling for more than 10 minutes with my a/c on my car starts overheating. The fan kicks in at a high rate of speed but the car starts to overheat anyway.
The car cools down back to normal once it gets underway. Can this be a bad thermostat or any ideas here?
thanks!
gatorgal

[CREWZIN]

What about the low speed fan. It should kick on any time the A/C is turned on, even when it's cool outside in the early morning.

[renee1958]

yes, the low speed fan kicks on with no issue...

[CREWZIN]

Lets see, what's left.......
1. Air in the cooling system
2. Cracked head gasket (are you loosing any water?)
3. Bad thermostat
4. Water pump malfunction

"gator gal" ? You in Florida?

[renee1958]

hey there..
yep.. live in the jax beach area..new here from savannah ga..

let me go down your list:
Lets see, what's left.......
1. Air in the cooling system (sounds expensive)
2. Cracked head gasket (are you loosing any water?) No, I am not losing any water...
3. Bad thermostat .. could be.. if so, this will be my second one in 40,000 miles..
4. Water pump malfunction.. God, I hope not.. I had my first water pump replaced at 16,000 miles, the second one replaced when I replaced my timing belt at 78,000 miles (I currently have 109,000 on my car)...

I am going to find a 5 star dealership here in the jax area and hope that they do not rip me off. I have taken care of my PT with all scheduled maintenance done on it. I have also had my timing belt replaced (as mentioned above), A/T flushed, brakes flushed, twice the fuel injectors cleaned, tune-up, a/c maint. done, rotation of the tires every 6,000 miles and oil changes every 3,000 miles with Castor high miliage oil.
Anyway, I appreciate any further feedback from you... I did read that you said that issues like this are usually the fan (96% of the time)...I hope that this will not be the issue here...
thanks so much!

[CREWZIN]

Air in the cooling system is probably the cheapest thing that could be wrong. There's an air bleeder valve right next to the thermostat.

[renee1958]

thank you so much for your help!
I can now go into the service department with some knowledge of possible issues...
p.s.
went to your website and your PT is beautiful!

[CREWZIN]

Thank you. Good luck.

[renee1958]

it was just air in the cooling system... it just cost me the price for them to look at it (85.00)...... thanks again!

[CREWZIN]

It's a darn shame you had to shell out the $85 for them to get the air out.