Intermittently? For the price it's worth testing.
knox.james@sympatico.ca wrote:
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> Thermostat stuck in closed position
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> Jim : 91 Dak
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>> To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
>> From: rob@schultzfamily.ca
>> Subject: DML: OT: 626 overheating and blowing coolant
>> Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 09:47:13 -0400
>>
>>
>> Guys:
>>
>> Looking for opinions on an issue with my wife's 2000 Mazda 626, 2.5L V6
>> 5spd.
>>
>> Last year it started to overheat occasionally. Since there's no idiot
>> warning for the temp, and the temp gauge is hidden by the steering wheel
>> rim, we'd stalled it right out once due to the temp.
>>
>> Thinking it was a leaking hard gasket we swapped engines with a unit
>> with about 2/3 the mileage.
>>
>> 6 months later, the car starts doing the same thing. It's overheated to
>> stalling once and frequently when my wife backs into the garage it will
>> leave a trail of coolant from the overflow reservoir. The reservoir
>> appears to be full (it was actually over full for a few weeks there).
>> I've never noticed it leaking coolant when I drive it (of course! ;-).
>> Only when it's backed into the garage at home.
>>
>> So, is there anything it could be besides the engine? Rad cap? (you know
>> that would piss me off eh?)
>>
>> Water pump is new (changed when the engine was installed), rad is
>> original AFAIK (bought car used at 3 yrs/124,000 km/60,000 miles).
>>
>> Rob S.
>>
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