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1998 2.2 cavalier cooling help needed

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Old April 23rd, 2018, 8:14 AM
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Default 1998 2.2 cavalier cooling help needed

car gets hot I replaced the water pump, thermostat, temp sensor, radiator is not plugged, pressure tested the cooling system ok . Coolant does not seem to want to flow through the radiator, What could the issue be I’m stumped
Old April 23rd, 2018, 8:24 AM
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bypass the heater core and see what happens. these cars were notorious for blocked heater cores causing an overheat condition.
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the heater for seems to be the only thing cooling the engin and it blows heat quite nicely
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i know its sounds crazy but don't discount it. If you don't get good flow thru the core on this model you'll overheat. go over to jbody.org which is a cav forum. there will be people who have replaced everything and finally fix it with a heater core.
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Does sound crazy but I’ll as you suggest and thank you verymuch
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this jbody.org is no fun and a pain to register almost impossible




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