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2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse Repair Question


Topics covered: Gas, Head gasket, Radiator.
Mileage: 150,000 miles.

Asked on May 28, 2012

Why is my 2003 mitsubishi eclipse is overheating? At first i thought that it might be the radiator, so i replaced it with a new one but the car stills overheat. Then somebody told me it might be the termostat. So i changed the termostat and it still overh

The old radiator had a crack on the top next to the radiator cap. So i replaced it with a new one hoping that it would solve my problem but the car still heats up..
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Replied on May 28, 2012

thermostat may be bad and in the worst case, you may have blown a head gasket from overheating.

have a shop do a leak down test to verify the head gasket

Roy

Tiny Answered by ASEMaster6371 (expert)
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