How to keep it from overheating

1994 BMW 325I
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MSKAS2
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How to keep a 94 BMW 325i with a 2.81 motor from over heating when you have got a new water pump new thermostat an flushed the radiator
Jun 8, 2012 at 12:37 AM
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ASEMASTER6371
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make sure you have bled the hose properly and the coolant is at the proper level. the radiator may have to be flow tested if it is clogged.

did you have issues before you did this work?? if it overheated, you may have blown a head gasket.

Roy
Jun 8, 2012 at 12:41 AM
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We did all that and it is still overheating
Jun 8, 2012 at 1:11 AM
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