No, I haven't. Is that something else that I should look into? I just
turned over 60,000 miles and it is still the original belt. Someone else
mentioned the cap also. I figured that I would swap that out tomorrow too
when I do the flush and t-stat change.
Thanks,
Jason
""Ronald Wong"" <ron-wong@cox.net> wrote in message
news:NDBBIHDGKKJOIJDEOCBMEEMDFMAA.ron-wong@cox.net...
>
> First thing I would do is pressure check the system. Nothing will piss
you
> off more than to find out the radiator cap wasn't holding pressure and you
> spent all that money for a $5 item. Remember, first symptom of
overheating
> in these new vehicles is amount of antifreeze, flow, and pressure. Now,
if
> you check that and it's still a problem then it's off to more exotic (and
> expensive) things. My guess would be the water pump. By the way, you
> haven't removed and replaced your serpentine belt lately, have you?
>
> Ron
> 00 PB SLT QC 4X2 5.9 46RE 3.92 LSD
> For modifications see my DML Profile (URL follows)
> http://www.twistedbits.net/WWWProfile/dakota/Kw9pV1EkFeOYY
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net]On Behalf Of KCDak
> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 6:37 AM
> To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
> Subject: DML: I need serious help...
>
>
>
> Hey guys, I need your help. For the past week or so, I have been having
> problems with my truck overheating. Last summer I had put in a Robert Shaw
> 180 degree thermostat just to help things run a little smoother and to
help
> remove some of the ping. Then about a week ago I drove the truck about 120
> miles and it began to overheat. The needle would rise close to the upper
> operating level but not yet to redline. I stopped the truck at Wal-Mart
did
> about 30 minutes of shopping, and when I started the truck back up to head
> home it ran perfectly fine. Well, I was getting ready to go on a canoe
trip
> that weekend so I swapped out the 180 for the original 195 thermostat
> thinking that maybe the thermostat was sticking and also made sure that
the
> fluids we topped off. I then drove it around for about 20 minutes and all
> was well.
>
> Then we left for our trip. About 30 miles down the road the temp started
to
> rise, but then all of a sudden it would drop back down to normal. Then a
few
> minutes later it would rise again. It would go up and down repeatedly for
> the next hour (until the next town). At this point it never passed the
upper
> operating line. We stopped to get gas and then let the truck cool for
about
> 45 minutes. As we left the temp stayed perfectly fine for another 60 miles
> and then it started acting up again. This time it passed the line to
almost
> redline, so I parked the truck and left with other friends. Then 2 days
> later we came back to get the truck. I filled the fluids back to normal
> since I had lost some from the overheating, and we left. We then made it
all
> the way home without incident until the city limits (about 140 miles) and
it
> started happening again. The temp would rise and fall repeatedly.
>
> The next morning I took my truck to the dealership to have it looked at.
> They said that all seemed to be running fine. They didn't have a way to
> drive it 100+ miles to get it to overheat. The only thing that they could
> come up with was that the radiator was dirty, and needed to be pulled from
> the truck and sprayed out from the back side ($200). I told them that that
> didn't seem like it could be the problem considering how inconsistent the
> temp had been. I took the truck home and checked the fluids again, bled
all
> air out, changed the oil, and cleaned the K&N and then drove it about 70
> miles. No problems.
>
> We then take a 30 minute trip and it all starts over. I am now to the
point
> where I will be doing a full coolant flush, replacing the thermostat
(again)
> and seeing if I can pull the radiator out to spray it from the backside.
>
> Has anyone seen anything like this? Any suggestions? Would a dirty
radiator
> actually cause this? There doesn't seem to be any leaking hoses, the water
> flows, the temp sensor is working. What could this be?
>
> Thanks for all your help,
> Jason
>
> '00 Sport Quad 4.7L 4x4 3.55, Autolite 3923's, BFG AT T/A,
> IAT Adjuster, 360° Air Intakez, Robert Shaw 180° thermostat,
> Line-X sprayed bed and nerf bars, Roll-n-Lock tonneau
>
>
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