1997 Oldsmobile Aurora OVERHEATING!

Tiny
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Engine Cooling problem
1997 Oldsmobile Alero V8 Front Wheel Drive Automatic

THIS CAR IS PUSHING OUT ALL COOLANT. HAS NEW THREMOSTATE. HAS NO CYLENDER MISFIRE CAN IT BE A CRACKED HEAD OR BLOCK WITH NO MISFIRE OR COOLANT IN CYLENDERS?
Thursday, June 12th, 2008 AT 12:59 PM

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Tiny
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What do you mean pushing out the coolant. Is it leaking coolant. Can you give me some more info
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008 AT 1:01 PM
Tiny
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COOLANT IS BEING PUSHED OUT OF RECOVERY TANK WHEN ENGINE IS AT RUNNING TEMP. OF 220 THEN IT JUST GETS HOTTER AS IT PUSHES OUT ALL COOLANT. BUT HAS NO MISFIRE AND NO COOLANT IN ANY CYLENDERS. ALSO HAS KNOWN GOOD T/STATE IN ENGINE.
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008 AT 1:12 PM
Tiny
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When you refill it, make sure you bleed all the air out of the system. There is 2 bleeder screws on the engine. After you do that start it and see what happends.
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008 AT 1:23 PM
Tiny
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WHERE ARE THE BLEEDERS LOCATED?
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008 AT 3:20 PM

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