Hey guys, any advice would be great. I am somewhat knowledgeable and do my own repairs. My car was running perfectly until:
-original heater valve broke in half as I was driving spewing out every drop of coolant, pulled over and obviously car would not hold water so I had it towed home.
-Bought new replacement and installed and refilled coolant
-Noticed "thermostat not opening" however second run it did and things seemed fine
-4th drive out thermo not opening again and wants to overheat
-several more runs and definitely thermo wont open.
-Attemp to bleed air from water pump bleed valve with car at temp, only steam and air exiting from valve.
-Change thermostat and same problem. Run car to temp and it wants to overheat as I feel the radiator on the passenger side and its cold (no flow of hot water)
So im thinking why cant i bleed air from system? is there another reason why water wont pass? Could that heater valve cause the issue although i did get the direction correct when I installed and it did seem to operate correctly for a couple runs.
Thanks guys
Nathan