Overheating

Tiny
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  • 2010 DODGE CHARGER
  • 2.3L
  • 6 CYL
  • AWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 208,000 MILES
We have no heat for about four months and someone suggested to bleed the system. I have done that today and now the car is overheating and still no heat. I have changed the thermostat and do not know where to go from here. I am visiting my parents in another state and am in the middle of no where so I am kind of on my own. Any ideas what to try next?
Saturday, January 21st, 2017 AT 10:50 AM

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Tiny
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Pull HVAC fuse inside car for sixty seconds with key on then reinstall. It may reset blend door actuator so heat will work. This is assuming heater hoses are both hot when car warm.
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Saturday, January 21st, 2017 AT 12:41 PM
Tiny
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Will try that. I do hear clicking when it overheats. Almost like a circuit flipping.
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Saturday, January 21st, 2017 AT 1:17 PM
Tiny
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So it wasn't overheating till you bled the cooling system?
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Sunday, January 22nd, 2017 AT 2:56 PM
Tiny
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I had no heat before, and correct when I bled the system it started overheating. I let it sit for a bit bled it again and now it don't over heat anymore and still have no heat. And only one hose going to heater core is hot
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Sunday, January 22nd, 2017 AT 3:05 PM
Tiny
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It has to have an air pocket in heater or similar both hoses should be hot if one is the other should be as well. Try bleeding system once more to instructions in pic, make sure coolant cap is in good shape
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Sunday, January 22nd, 2017 AT 3:44 PM
Tiny
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Or your heater core is plugged/restricted if it's not overheating then I wouldn't think there was a air pocket but try bleeding it as instructions provided.
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Sunday, January 22nd, 2017 AT 4:12 PM

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