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Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 10:17:13 +0000 (UTC)
From: Craig's Saab C900 Site <c900nospam.apana.org.au>
Subject: Re: Overheating=(


"es" <saab9turbonospamo.com> writes: >one time it was near the red mark =o i will take out the radiator out >how do i check it ? Best way to check what might be going on it look at the fluid and see if it's contaminated and cloudy which indicates solids and other material has been picked up by the fluid. You might also want to try flushing the entire coolant system and replacing the coolant with fresh fluid made from a quality coolant. I've recently been investigating this for my C900's and did a full coolant system flush when I decided to replace a broken heater control valve. The radiator drain plug hole was clogged with material that after I fully removed the drain plug (the car was cold!) no liquid came out! If you check my Saab C900 heater valve replacement page at "http://nospam/~c900/heatervalve.html" you'll read about what I did to 'pressure-clear' the radiator drain plug hole. 8-) > will it hurt the car if i take out the thermostat Do you mean that you want to 'take it out' as in remove it completely? or to check it's operation against a known good replacement? >could it be the water pump? When the car is running, does the fluid in the expansion tank get hot along with the fluid in the hoses to/from the tank? If it does (you can tell by the heat coming from the hoses and the tank), it's probably not the water pump. Does the coolant system leak anywhere? Are you contantly topping up the coolant? What is in the coolant system? The car that I did the coolant system flush on didn't have any coolant in the water - it appeared to be plain water with nothing else. No wonder the bottom of the radiator was clogged when I took out the drain plug! Regards, Craig. -- Craig's Saab C900 Page --> http://nospam/~c900 Sydney, NSW Australia Craig's Saab C900 Workshop -- For all Saab C900 Enthusiasts world-wide! http://www.nospam.net http://www.nospam c900nospam.apana.org.au Come and explore our site, and check out our web-forums, mailing list, etc.

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