240sx ka24de Overheating

[Create240]

Ok, long story short, car sat for about 4 months due to the trans being blown. Bought a new trans put it in, runs fine, then one night im at a light and the motor temp sky rockets, so i pull over and let it cool down. Had my girlfriends dad come pick it up. Now i've been driving the car but the temp seemed fine didnt move at all, went to drop my girlfriend off at work still the temp is fine, then about 200 feet from my house it sky rockets right back up,so i park it for the night. Now me and my buddy (JerseyKid) take it out the one night it snowed here, it didnt overheat at all and we drove for 6 hours straight and nothing. This is why its getting confusing for me because it keeps spiking when it wants. So i thought it was the thermostat i changed that and nothing. I kept my rad cap off to see if the coolant was flowing and it was but it would shoot out of the top which from what i know shouldnt happen, could my rad be clogged? any help would be appreciated, taken any ideas.

[Red Devil]

Any rapid fluid changes? I.E. suddenly more coolant or oil

[D.K.]

your water pump might be going.... same **** started happening to my car. one day it would be fine then another overheat. then it finally went on me. actually i had to go on my car lol but yea there easy to do if thats it... shouldnt take you more then 30 min.

[Create240]

yea that was going to be my next resort. i used to be able to drive with the heat on full blast and now heats barely coming out and its overheating like crazy now (this is happening after i put in the new thermostat)

[Create240]

Any rapid fluid changes? I.E. suddenly more coolant or oil

and no my fluids are all normal from what i know of.

[D.K.]

no bull **** try taking your thermastat out and see what happins. the second time i chaged my waterpump was because of a thermastat. and if you do do that, flush your rad and your whole cooling system.

[champ_6]

I would try the thermostat first as well.

[Create240]

no bull **** try taking your thermastat out and see what happins. the second time i chaged my waterpump was because of a thermastat. and if you do do that, flush your rad and your whole cooling system.

Actually im going to do that right now. i never actually thought of that, thanks:)

[jdmwill]

if i had a dollar everytime one of my ka did that i probably have 6 bucks on me for gas. first replace thermostat make sure to flush out the cooling system. take used anti freeze anf feed it to your neighbor's mean dog.j/k dont do that. take off the 10mm bleeder screw turn on engine and top out radiator until full make sure to have your heat running.while filling keep a eye on the bleeder screw keep filling until there are no bubbles.tighten screw and let it run. after all that is said and done go drifting.

[Create240]

if i had a dollar everytime one of my ka did that i probably have 6 bucks on me for gas. first replace thermostat make sure to flush out the cooling system. take used anti freeze anf feed it to your neighbor's mean dog.j/k dont do that. take off the 10mm bleeder screw turn on engine and top out radiator until full make sure to have your heat running.while filling keep a eye on the bleeder screw keep filling until there are no bubbles.tighten screw and let it run. after all that is said and done go drifting.


err yea just put in the new thermostat. I knew there had to be something bled, where exactly is the bleeder screw? or is it one of the screws for the thermo (thats what someone said) just want the car running spec before we get snow here :)

[jdmwill]

follow the top rad hose towards the engine you should see it right there.

[Create240]

follow the top rad hose towards the engine you should see it right there.

Alrighty, garage time again, I'll let you know if all goes well :)

[jdmwill]

Alrighty, garage time again, I'll let you know if all goes well :)

sweet:thumbup:

[Create240]

sweet:thumbup:


FIXED! bleeding the air worked like a charm!! but umm the dog didnt do so well when i gave him the old coolant..poor thing :( lol

[fsburnout216]

finally that pos is running smooth again.. just kidding.. hey good looks on the bleeding i said that a million time but didnt know how to bleed it. so i guess the fix goes to you and i loose..lol.

[frosti108]

haha i had this same thing happen when i had my 92. for some reason those DE's love getting air pockets in the coolant ways. i had to jack the front of my car up while bleeding it to finally fix it.

[jdmwill]

FIXED! bleeding the air worked like a charm!! but umm the dog didnt do so well when i gave him the old coolant..poor thing :( lol

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:. i hope ur joking bro.lol

[Create240]

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:. i hope ur joking bro.lol

haha of course i am :rofl: ...now im just waiting anxiously for this snow storm to come :) woot woot!!

[jdmwill]

cant wait for snow also definitly drifting it.snow saves tires.hee hee

[Create240]

cant wait for snow also definitly drifting it.snow saves tires.hee hee

Yes, Yes it does lol :)

[Kemmer]

You didn't know how to do that? IT'S COMMON SENSE.