#CHEVY EQUINOX CRACKED#
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If your radiator overflow is full (and you radiator fan is kicking on), it is very likely that a bad thermostat or bad water pump are causing your Equinox to overheat. One of the most common reasons that a vehicle overheats is a bad thermostat. When the cooling system itself is bad, usually the opposite will happen. If you have a temperature gauge, you’ll notice that the temp will usually cool down when you get onto the highway and get moving into clean air. It’s when you are hardly moving that the radiator fan is going to do the work of keeping air flowing into the radiator. While going down the road the movement of air through your Equinox’s radiator will usually be enough to keep it cool, without the help of the fan. Do you have a lot of white smoke? That’s a very good indication that you have a blown head gasket. If you aren’t finding anything even with the dye, take a look at the rear exhaust. If you are loosing fluid, but can’t readily see the leak, UV dye is a great tool to locate it. In fact, you really should not need to take it off at all, unless the coolant is leaking from the cap itself.Ī slow leak can be more difficult to find than a quick leak, since the coolant can evaporate before it has a chance to show itself. Make sure that you don’t take the radiator cap off when the engine is warm. There are a lot of places to look for a radiator leak. Here are some of the reasons that your coolant may run low: Low coolant is a symptom of a cooling system leak of some kind. Low coolant is the most common reason that your Equinox will overheat. If it is full, you can rule out low coolant or a coolant leak, and skip the next section. The first thing that you need to do is check your Equinox’s overflow container. Shutting down before it overheats, or as soon as you see that it is overheating will usually prevent this from happening. Bad head gasket symptoms include white smoke coming from the tail pipe, rough idle, and oil in the coolant. If your Equinox is run for too long of a period while overheating, the head gasket may blow. It does this to relieve the pressure on the cooling system before lasting damage can be done to it. If your Equinox’s engine gets hot enough, the coolant will begin to boil over and manifest itself as steam coming up from under the hood. Driving while overheating can cause long term engine damage. If this light does come on, make sure that you get off the road quickly and safely. The most common symptom of overheating is the temperature light coming on. Your Equinox will be equipped with a temperature warning light and/or a temperature gauge. Here are the most common symptoms of a vehicle overheating. If any part of this system fails, your Equinox will eventually overheat. The thermostat opens up once the engine reaches operating temperature and allows coolant in. The water pump pushes the water through the entire system. Your Equinox’s cooling system works by cycling the engine coolant from the engine through the radiator.

#CHEVY EQUINOX CRACKED#

A blow head gasket or a cracked head/block are much more expensive to repair than a thermostat or water pump. Overheating can cause a lot of expensive damage to the engine. Common symptoms of overheating include smoke coming from under the hood, a pegged temperature gauge, and a blown head gasket. One of the worst problems that can happen to your Chevy Equinox is overheating.

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