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    I'm over heating bad WTF

    My 325i started over heating. i drive it for about 10 minutes and it is on the end of the red like my thermostat is stuck closed but here is the catch. I pull over and open the bleeder screw and a whole bunch of air comes out for a couple minutes. So I drive 3 minutes and it is back there so i do the same thing. I have put almost 2 gallons in it today.

    -There is no coolant in the oil and no oil in the coolant tank.
    -I hear my radiator bubbling, maybe a leak in a core??
    -I do have a brand new bad water pump from pelican that they want me to send it before they will send me a new one. Bullshit
    -doesn't matter the outside temp or if it is idling or driving
    This is my DD
    Originally posted by Nicademus
    My car beats off to that car. :bow:
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    #2
    keep bleeding it... does the thermostat open?
    1989 cirrisblau-metallic 325i

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      #3
      let it warm up (from a cold start) and leave the radiator cap off, just watch for bubbles. if bubbles come out, check your compression, you might need a head gasket.
      Originally posted by BillBrasky
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        #4
        Don't know if the thermostat is opening but I assume that it is.

        I don't have a radiator cap but I will check for bubbles in the coolant tank.

        I would rather find out if it is a head gasket before it too late. i just don't konw how much more i can bleed it. The shop that i work at is closed for the next 2 day and I only have a diesel compression testor but i will see if it will work
        Originally posted by Nicademus
        My car beats off to that car. :bow:

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          #5
          I pull over and open the bleeder screw and a whole bunch of air comes out for a couple minutes. So I drive 3 minutes and it is back there so i do the same thing. I have put almost 2 gallons in it today.
          That's the classic symptoms of a bad head gasket or a cracked head.
          The car makes it possible, but the driver makes it happen.
          Jim Levie, Huntsville, AL

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            #6
            how's your water pump doing?
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              #7
              Blowing bubbles in your radiator = bad head gasket or worse.


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                #8
                Originally posted by jlevie View Post
                That's the classic symptoms of a bad head gasket or a cracked head.
                Listen to this guy. He is a font of mechancial knowledge.
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                  #9
                  Take your thermostat out and run it without out it. At least you will know if your thermostat is bad.
                  Kevin Gibson
                  90 325is

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                    #10
                    I'm now agreeing with the above... head gasket. Run a compression check
                    1989 cirrisblau-metallic 325i

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