2001 Lincoln LS8 in Virginia (757)
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Kid_Lyrics
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Kid_Lyrics
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Remember... this is the old one. I'm having the same issues with the newer one.
joegr
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You could just remove the thermostat (till you find your problem) and be 100% certain that it is not your problem.
Kid_Lyrics
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Isnt the therm there to help with regulating water? Or am I mistaken? Is that the water pump?
Like Joe says,you CAN remove it..............but I'd just do the same test with it.I helped a guy once that had put one in BACKWARDS on a 62 Galaxie.......LOL! Talk about overheating! That thing was hotter than a nuclear explosion! LOL! don-ohio 
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joegr
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In a correctly working cooling system, the thermostat allows the engine to reach full operating temperature. If your system were working, removing the thermostat would result in your engine never warming all the way up. As it is, I predict that removing the thermostat will not change your problem at all. You will just know (as several of us already do) that your thermostat is not your problem.
Kid_Lyrics
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Holy crap. I think I'm just gonna go snatched it off the car in a few. I hate removing these effing hoses. UghLike Joe says,you CAN remove it..............but I'd just do the same test with it.I helped a guy once that had put one in BACKWARDS on a 62 Galaxie.......LOL! Talk about overheating! That thing was hotter than a nuclear explosion! LOL! don-ohio
Yep,it's likely not the thermostat Joe...but he has to eliminate it as a cause, just like eliminating the fan, which he says works fine.
I'm a little gun shy of thermostats since 2 of the last 3 I bought were bad. Maybe a `bee in my bonnet' so to speak.
So you think he's pulling that much air in.....that he can't even bleed it once and get it to run for a while? That's a really bad inleakage there. don-ohio^)
I'm a little gun shy of thermostats since 2 of the last 3 I bought were bad. Maybe a `bee in my bonnet' so to speak.
So you think he's pulling that much air in.....that he can't even bleed it once and get it to run for a while? That's a really bad inleakage there. don-ohio
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What actually would that do by removing the therm and running the car? Would i destroy something? Would it worsen? Would it be better?
Kid_Lyrics
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I'll video the car running, the fan turning on. That way you all can see.
I can hear the "Jet sound" when it overheats and I accelerate.
I can hear the "Jet sound" when it overheats and I accelerate.
Don't overheat it on purpose,Man!
No thermostat at all would not be good for the controls which govern the engine.In the old cars you could do it. These cars in the last 30 years are too finicky about coming up to heat. don-ohio
No thermostat at all would not be good for the controls which govern the engine.In the old cars you could do it. These cars in the last 30 years are too finicky about coming up to heat. don-ohio
Kid_Lyrics
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Oh no.. not on purpose.. I would never! I'm just going to run it briefly to show fan movement
Kid_Lyrics
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https://vimeo.com/159383871 here ya go
Kid_Lyrics
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yes, car completely cold. It hasn't moved since yesterday. That's another issue. Where is the coolant going? It's not leaking, nor are there puddles. I have no idea where it all went. It was full Yeterday. It hasn't moved an inch.
Kid_Lyrics
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You apparently had some big air pockets it drained into. Well,you gonna pull that thermostat and check it? don-ohio
Doing that now...man ure on time lol
Kid_Lyrics
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Well,well.......another working thermostat. If it's mine, and I see NO leaks, I am gonna go with,when engine is cool, draining out any weak antifreeze solution and putting in FULL STRENGTH solution to mix with the weak (this is KEY) and doing the bleed procedure by the book.
As soon as I get it bled per procedure and I have that Degas filled to above that hot level, I'm loosening the cap and trying it out.
It just seems to me you're not getting all the air out. I sure hope you DON'T have a leaky head gasket. don-ohio^)
As soon as I get it bled per procedure and I have that Degas filled to above that hot level, I'm loosening the cap and trying it out.
It just seems to me you're not getting all the air out. I sure hope you DON'T have a leaky head gasket. don-ohio
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Well,well.......another working thermostat. If it's mine, and I see NO leaks, I am gonna go with,when engine is cool, draining out any weak antifreeze solution and putting in FULL STRENGTH solution to mix with the weak (this is KEY) and doing the bleed procedure by the book.
As soon as I get it bled per procedure and I have that Degas filled to above that hot level, I'm loosening the cap and trying it out.
It just seems to me you're not getting all the air out. I sure hope you DON'T have a leaky head gasket. don-ohio
That's what I'm hoping too... How do I check the water pump? I head to the dealer tomorrow morning to get it flushed and refilled by the dealer
joegr
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This
If I'm on ignore, let me know and I can stop filling this thread...
Kid_Lyrics
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Youre not. However, I'm trying to take away everything I can before I get to the dealer in the morning.
I'm reading all info and doing what I can.