Bubbling the water out of the reservoir tank

Tiny
TRINITY SCEARCE
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  • 2004 SUZUKI XL7
  • 2.7L
  • 6 CYL
  • 2WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 204,000 MILES
I was coming home the other night and noticed that it had started overheating. I pulled over raised the hood and the water/antifreeze was bubbling out of the reservoir waited for it to cool off the drove it a little further. Did this a few times before parking it for the night. Came back the next morning and drove it about twenty miles and temperature gauge never got over half way. By the time I got home I heard it was bubbling a little in the reservoir again.
Monday, March 12th, 2018 AT 8:04 AM

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Tiny
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Make sure the cooling fan if electric is running when the engine gets hot, and if so try a new thermostat, it sounds like it may be sticking closed.
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Monday, March 12th, 2018 AT 8:07 AM
Tiny
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It has a clutch fan on it. Now it is running and I watched a video where if you can stop it with a newspaper it is bad I can stop it, but it has force on it and starts to spin when I let go of it and while it was doing this I was watching the temperature gauge drop to about half way for a few minutes the go bad to hot again.
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Monday, March 12th, 2018 AT 8:13 AM
Tiny
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That is if you can stop it after the engine is warmed up, because when cold it should freewheel a little.
When the engine is warmed up the cooling fan clutch should be nearly impossible to hold. If you can hold it then the fan clutch needs to be replaced, but I would still install a new thermostat either way if you replace the fan clutch or not.
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Monday, March 12th, 2018 AT 8:34 AM

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