Overheating worse than a fat man in a footrace

[southerne30]

I know there are a ton of threads on this but I have done everything and can't get my car to stop overheating. In short, I have replaced every cooling system component other than the radiator and heater core. The radiator has been checked and is fine. There is no heat in the car.

I have the car pitched at a sharp angle and have bled it. The last time lasted the longest with the temp bouncing between 3/4 and half for about 20 mins without boiling over. There is flow and I am squeezing the hoses and then, it stops. The upper radiator hose becomes empty and steam starts billowing out the bleeder along with the expansion tank boiling over.

Also, all signs point to this not being the head gasket. No exhaust in expansion tank. No white smoke. Even caught the condensation off the muffler and it's clear with no coolant smell. No coolant in the oil either.

I'm hoping someone else has had this happen, I've been doing this for three days and my next step is going to be finding a lake deep enough so that the top doesn't show.

Any help is appreciated.

[southerne30]

Solved:

Patience is key. With the car at a steep angle, fill your top radiator hose, water pump hose, and return hose (all three attached to thermostat housing) until water comes from the bleeder. Keep cracking bleeder, squeezing top hose and adding coolant to expansion tank. Rev to 2000, Keep revved for about a minute while squeezing, close bleeder while revving then let idle for about five minutes or so. Then begin again. Make sure that the expansion tank never gets close to empty. Open bleeder again and repeat. When heat starts coming from the heater at idle, put the cap on the expansion tank so that excess air isn't pulled in from the relief hose. Close the bleeder to a slow flow and keep squeezing top hose, keep repeating process until good heat comes from vents in car at idle. This process takes a while (1-2 hours), so just keep your head. I shut my car off and let it cool a couple times when my heat was noticeably better and then continued until it was an acceptable heat at idle. To anyone losing hope with every Google search, I hope this helps.

[ELVA164]

Nice job sticking with it! I'm surprised it took that long.