Norcal Spotted and BS Thread

Fan clutch?

Be sure to get all the air bubbles/pockets out after your flush. Quite a few people on here have issues with overheating after a repair because they didnt.

 

And spotted @TOP TACO yesterday busting his ass helping me move. Thank you Marz. I owe ya.

 

Fan clutch, blockage. radiator corrosion. I was thinking that the fact the radiator is down would lead me to inspect and assuming there are no obvious leaks, pressure test it. If it's good, fill it and let the engine run with the cap off until you see flow across the top.

Also, check the passenger side carpet for moisture-in case the heater core is leaking.

 

Replaced fan clutch and fan bracket, when I replaced all the other stuff, a year and a half ago.

 

No moisture at the passenger floor board. When I fill the radiator, I park nose up, use a coolant funnel, and run the truck while filling the funnel until the coolant stays in the funnel... then I run it until I see movement in the fluid in the funnel.

 

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That Lisle funnel is awesome -

$34 Lisle 24680 Spill-Free Funnel, Standard Adapters, 11 x 7 x 7"es

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A6AS6LY/

 

I feel like your name is perfect for the current events going on in our world......

Your name isn't Kyle is it?

 

hahaha NO and NO, I'm not storming the gates...

 

That's the funnel I use

 

I wonder if its the Champion... hose clamps checked, especially lower?

 

That I have to check today. But the thing is, after I boiled over I was only about 1/3 gallon low (and some of that was in the reserve tank, because when it boiled over, it overflowed in to the coolant tank)

Then we let it sit over night when we were at camp and the fluid level inside the radiator had not dropped again (by the time we were getting ready to leave, around 10 hours later). So, I don't think I'm leaking at the radiator.

 

Sounds more like a clog/limited flow going on somewhere.

 

another point to check might be the block drain (if you opened it up when you did the flush). Doubt that is is but worth an eyeball check... hope you are able to track it down. things like this would have my OCD in a rage



(image stolen from https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/coolant-flush-1st-gen-tacoma-beginners-guide.425479/)

 

That's the way I was leaning. Which is what was kind of why I was leaning towards T-stat... maybe I got a bad one, and it's sticking. Was also going to flush the piss out of the system. Including reverse flushing the heater core.

 

Well I didn't even know that little bastard even existed... Guess I'm gunna have to read up on it.

 

Open the block valves first/also.

Used to have the same problem on the old school fords back in the days.
Only cure usually was to upgrade to larger core radiator.

 

Most have 1 on each side, make sure you have drainage and nothing stopping the flow there first.

Edit. See what comes out of it. Tells a lot of the blocks condition you cant see.

 

Did that... To a 3 core, all aluminum, radiator last year, and have had zero problems with cooling till now.

 

Ouch!