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Old August 15th 06, 11:49 AM posted to rec.autos.tech
Joe Brophy
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Default Overheating problem

Have you verified that the fan is pulling the air thru the
radiator? I had a used Honda with the same symptoms and the
fan had been wired backwards, even though the connector was
keyed, someone had forced the plug together backwards. At
highway speeds the fan would counteract the air coming thru
the radiator causing it to overheat, only on the highway.
Just a thought, good luck.

On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 23:27:39 GMT, "crispycritter"
<u25234@uwe> wrote:

>Hi, I have a 2000 Daewoo Nubira, and it has an overheating problem. It
>overheats on the freeway, after about 10-15 miles of driving at sustained
>freeway speed. When exiting the freeway, the gauge creeps up another couple
>of notches when I come to a full stop, then cools down to 1/2 way on the
>gauge when I start back up again (never goes down to where it should be
>though - half way is the coolest it gets). This is what I've done to date to
>solve the problem
>
>* Installed a new radiator
>* Installed a new thermostat
>* Installed a new waterpump (and while it was disassembled I also had
>installed a new timing belt)
>* Two separate pressure tests
>* PH Balance test (whatever that is)
>* Verified that no steam is venting from the exhaust pipe
>
>I've spent 1100.00 so far, and I'm still at square one. Car still overheats.
>It doesn't quite peg the temperature gauge, but it creeps up to near 2/3 to
>3/4 of max after driving for 20 minutes or so.
>
>Any suggestions would be most helpful. I've combed the 'net looking for ideas,
>but everything I've read so far are things it looks like I've already had
>done.
>
>Thanks kindly,
>
>Matt

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