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Posted by rr on 12/29/2005, 8:48 am, in reply to "97 Chevy Venture Overheating" --Previous Message--
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: I have a 97 Chevy Venture. It has
: been overheating on me. I brought it
: to one mechanic who replaced the
: water pump, radiator hose and
: thermostat. That did not fix it. I
: brought it somewhere else where they
: rodded out the radiator, changed the
: thermostat AGAIN, ran some sort of
: sealer through it because I had a
: very very small head gasket leak.
: The van did fine for 3 days and then
: overheated again. When it overheats,
: it does it VERY quickly. I pull
: over and pop the hood and the
: plastic overflow tank is completely
: full and the radiator, of course, is
: not. Eventually, the van cools off
: and the water goes back to the
: radiator. I can crank it up again,
: once it cools off and sometimes it
: overheats again, within a minute,
: and sometimes it does not. I can
: sometimes drive for hours without
: the needle even going to the halfway
: mark, and then there are times I
: can’t even drive half a mile without
: the needle pegging out in the red.
: Any ideas? I have spent over 800.00
: so far and am getting very
: frustrated, not to mention BROKE.
:
sounds like a cracked head. if your coolant is disapearing, other than what is comming out of the bottle, check your engine oil dipstick for traces of coolant. if no coolant, thats good. if you cant get the head properly checked or repaired right away, theres a product called steel seal, its guaranteed or money back. not hard to use, you can do it at home with a drain pan, jack & stands, and a pair of pliers.by the way, My father in law has the same car same year same problem. he actually had a laundry lists of reapirs before I could diagnose it correctly.
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