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HELP - Overheating 850 94

posted by  someone claiming to be Bob on  Tue Apr 10 14:57 CST 2001 [RELATED]

My 94 850 started over heating on th expressway tonight.

It seemed that the small plastic overflow tank (above the passenger side front wheel) was spewing steam abd water/coolant all over the place. There are no obvious cracks, or breaks anywhere, car still drove great, just a lot of smoke/steam from under the hood. It has been towed to a repair shop, but I want to know what I am in for.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks,

Bob







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Re: HELP - Overheating 850 94

posted by  someone claiming to be Wayne on  Thu Apr 12 03:23 CST 2001 [RELATED]

What about the water pump?







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Re: HELP - Overheating 850 94

posted by  someone claiming to be Bob on  Thu Apr 12 12:44 CST 2001 [RELATED]

Thanks to all that responded - it turned out to be the radiator itself.

Bob







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Re: HELP - Overheating 850 94

posted by  someone claiming to be Rich K. Fairfax, VA on  Wed Apr 11 13:54 CST 2001 [RELATED]

The newer Blue/green cap is a good move, the thermostat could of stuck shut, so that could be a part needed, and a look at the relay that works the fan speeds might show that its not turning on the fan when it should.







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Re: HELP - Overheating 850 94

posted by  someone claiming to be Ray Niblett on  Wed Apr 11 05:54 CST 2001 [RELATED]

The gray colored coolant overflow caps are known to fail. I believe

newer ones are blue. Also, a few people have reported thermostat

failures seem to start at around 70K miles.







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Re: HELP - Overheating 850 94

posted by  someone claiming to be SCFrost on  Wed Apr 11 00:23 CST 2001 [RELATED]

It is more than likely the thermostat. Not a big deal unless you boiled it dry.

94 850 Turbo, IPD ECU, 89K miles






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