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IS300overheating,butnoheat?
030314,09:26AM #1
IS300overheating,butnoheat?
vincemoran
DriverSchoolCandidate
So,mycarusedtohavethisoverheatingissuethat'sbeginningto
occuragain.Ithoughtitjustwasn'tranenough(Irecentlypurchased
myIS300alittleoveramonthago),oratleastthat'swhatmyDad
hadtoldmewhenhe'sbroughtthecarfromanAutoAuction.Hewould
tellmethatwhentheengineoverheats,toturnontheheaterandrun
itonhigh.AndI'veneverhadaproblemrunningtheheater.Atall,
actually..Andnow,withthetemperaturebeingasurprising18degrees
JoinDate:Feb2014
inDenton,TX.,Ihaven'thadaproblemwithmyheaterturningonuntil
Location:Texas now.MyA/C/Heaterisn'tproducinganykindofheat.It'sproducing
Posts:2 airaboutascoldasitisoutside.IsthereanythingelseIcandotofix
this?IstheresomethingI'mmissing?AnythingIshouldhavechecked
out?BecauseIcan'tgomorethanamilewithouttheTemperature
Gaugegoingabovered.
030314,10:00AM #2
Meatball
DriverSchoolCandidate
Checkyourcoolantlevel.
JoinDate:Jan2014
Location:TN
Posts:10
030314,01:47PM #3
MURPHY660
DriverSchoolCandidate
Verylargeairbubbleinthecoolantsystem,willtakesomeworktoget
itout.
It'scoldenoughoutsidethatthethermostatshouldn'tbeofissue.
JoinDate:Jun2007 Googlehowtobleedapitacoolantsystem.Ifnotjustask,I'llexplain
Location:va
Posts:46
030414,03:04PM #4
BoughtanIS
Rookie
Heatercorecouldbeblockedaswell.It'seasiertoburpitthoughandit
JoinDate:Feb2013 usuallyfixestheissue.
Location:Ca
Posts:107 Jackupthefrontofyourcar(orparkonasteephill),removethe
radiatorcapandjustidleit.Havetheheateronfullblastaswell.Asit
heatsup,youshouldseebubblescomeout.Keepaneyeonyourtemp
gaugeandjustaddmorecoolantasbubblesappear.Topoffreservoir,
replacethecapandyou'regoodtogo.
030414,04:47PM #5
Supraguy88
DriverSchoolCandidate
Couldalsobethe2differentproblems,fannotworking,thermostats
JoinDate:Feb2008 sticking,heatercontrolpanelnotoperatingtheservothatregulatesthe
Location:texas air.Ortheservogonebad.Hadtoreplaceseveraloftheseof0206
Posts:8 toyoas
030614,03:10PM #6
PIONEER
Driver
iTrader:(2) Checktheheatercontrolvalveonthefirewallintheenginerbay.This
allowshotcoolenttotravelfromtheenginetotheheatercorebehind
JoinDate:Sep2005 yourdash.Theheatercontrolvalveisusuallycontrolledviavaccum.
Location:Nc Seeifthevaccumhosehasapuncturenowallowingforsufficient
Posts:143 vaccum.Youcanoperatethecontrolvalvebyhandjusttotestthis
theory.
Startthecar,allowcartogetwarm,Turntheheatonfull,Operatethe
heatercontrolvalvebyhand,whichwillallowcoolenttogointhe
heatercore.Thisshouldproducehotairinthecabin,unlessthecore
itselfisclogged.
030714,12:18AM #7
mitsuguy
MaintenanceModerator
Thereisnoheatercontrolvalveonourcars...
iTrader:(2)
JoinDate:May2005
Location:AZ
Posts:6,372
030714,01:21AM #8
PIONEER
Driver
Quote:
iTrader:(2)
OriginallyPostedbymitsuguy
JoinDate:Sep2005 Thereisnoheatercontrolvalveonourcars...
Location:Nc
Posts:143
Thereisahot/coldactuatorbehindtheglovebox.Isthatthe
replacementfortheheatercontrolvalve?Something'sgottaopento
allowforhotwatertogetinthecore.
YoutheHVACguy,helpthemanout.
030714,06:38AM #9
mitsuguy
MaintenanceModerator
Heatercoreisalwayshotsolongastheengineiswarmedupthe
onlychangewhengoingfromhottocoldisablenddoor...
Ididn'treallygoanyfurtherasIbelievetheanswerhasalreadybeen
iTrader:(2) foundbyothersmostlikelycauseforoverheatingandnoheatisan
airpocketinthecoolingsystemashasalreadybeenmentioned,park
onaninclineorjackthefrontofthecaruponly,runit,andadd
coolantasnecessarywiththeradiatorcapoff...makesurewe're
addingtotheradiator,notthereservoir...
Ifthatsnotit,thenwaterpumpwouldbemynextbestguesscoolant
JoinDate:May2005 willactuallyflowthroughtheheatercorebeforethethermostatever
Location:AZ opens(itusestheheatercoreasabypassessentially),sothermostat
Posts:6,372 isunlikely...Onlyotherweirdocombinationwouldbeapluggedup
heatercoreandthermostatsoitsoverheatingandnoheat...letsstick
withmostobvious/mostcommonfirstthough...
030814,12:23PM #10
MURPHY660
DriverSchoolCandidate
^ehhhhh.Icompletelyagreewiththewholesticktothebasics
Buttttttheheatercorecouldbe"clogged/blocked"whathaveyoueven
withtheenginebeingwarm/hotandnotblowinghotair,incabin
JoinDate:Jun2007 Ijustliketodebate
Location:va
Posts:46
031014,10:45AM #11
redsx
DriverSchoolCandidate
iTrader:(1) Addcoolantandpressuretestthesystem.Possiblecoolantleak,
headgasket,thermostatsticking.
JoinDate:Oct2013
Location:ca
Posts:10
031014,08:42PM #12
Jaybeck860
Rookie
Ihaven'thadthisproblemwithmyis300,butihadthesameproblem
JoinDate:Nov2013 withmylastcar,atoyotacamry,andithappenedtobeablownhead
Location:Connecticut gasket..Likeyousaid,theheatdidn'tblowhotairatall,andjust
Posts:52 drivingdowntheroadoverheatedthecar,soitcoulddefinitelybethe
samething.butobviouslytrythesmallerproblemsfirst.
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