put my car away for the winter and it was running fine but had a small oil leak out of the timing cover so when i brought it out of storage i pulled the timing cover and replaced the gasket and also put on a new water pump on because mine had a water stain out of the weep hole.
when i went to run the car to get the air out of the cooling system it took about 10-15 minutes to get to the temp it was running at before but it kept climbing. i shut the car off when the temp got to 3/4 of the way on the gauge and then felt the rad and it was still completely cold. i have now removed the thermostat housing because i thought that i might have put the thermostat in backwards when i reassembled but it was in the correct way and i can push it open with my fingers so i know its not siezed. also take into account that this is a brand new water pump, new rad a year ago, all new hoses a year ago and the thermostat is only a year old as well. just wondering if anyone has some insight into what the problem could be. only thing i can think of is maybe the thermostat will open by pushing it open but wont from the heat of the coolant. i am about to go and test it in some boiling water
when i went to run the car to get the air out of the cooling system it took about 10-15 minutes to get to the temp it was running at before but it kept climbing. i shut the car off when the temp got to 3/4 of the way on the gauge and then felt the rad and it was still completely cold. i have now removed the thermostat housing because i thought that i might have put the thermostat in backwards when i reassembled but it was in the correct way and i can push it open with my fingers so i know its not siezed. also take into account that this is a brand new water pump, new rad a year ago, all new hoses a year ago and the thermostat is only a year old as well. just wondering if anyone has some insight into what the problem could be. only thing i can think of is maybe the thermostat will open by pushing it open but wont from the heat of the coolant. i am about to go and test it in some boiling water