high underhood temperatures after new radiator

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02-07-2016, 08:23 PM

bmeyer805

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02-08-2016, 03:41 AM

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Umm did you bleed the air out of the system?

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02-08-2016, 04:05 AM

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You got air trapped in the system,Or if you changed radiators because of a over heating problem.Then its something else like the water pump.

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02-08-2016, 11:02 AM

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Thanks for replying but I figured it out. The new radiator is worse than the one I was upgrading. Put the old one back in and everything's good

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