WHY IS MY CAR OVERHEATING?

1997 FORD THUNDERBIRD
150,000 MILES
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APRIL97
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I recently overheated my 97 ford t-bird 4.6 v8. but when i looked under the hood. nothing was coming out of the radiator, water resivor. BUT THE AC/ HEATER HOUSE CONECTED TO THE MOTOR BLOCK HAD CRACKED. EVER SEANC IT OVERHEATS .
I CHECK AND REPLACED EVERY THING FROM HOUSES, THURMISTATE, WATER PUMP, RADIATOR, COOLENT LEVAL, AND STILL OVERHEATING
Jul 13, 2012 at 9:37 AM
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ASEMASTER6371
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have a leak down test performed to berify there is not blown head gasket.

make sure the coolant level is good. air will cause all kinds of issues.

Roy
Jul 13, 2012 at 11:42 AM
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