![]() The car has been fine considering the close calls. I replaced that one with an all aluminum version, went to a buick dealer and purchased their o-rings to install it with. When the temp reach over the 3/4 mark, I pulled over into a parking lot and shut the car off. No leaking coolant into the oil, no external leaks that I could detect.Ībout 6 months after that while my wife and I were driving to an event, I noticed the dash temp gauge start to slowly climb. After refilling it, the car started and the coolant circulated. Praying that nothing warped or cracked, I replaced the elbow with a new plastic one. ![]() When looked at it, there was no remaining coolant in the system. I think she was about 4 miles from the house, about 3 of that non highway. She then drove it home, stopping about 5 times due to overheating. Some time ago, roughly a year and a half, the 90 degree plastic coolant elbow blew out while she was driving on the highway. The issue I am having currently with the car is that the radiator fans do not seem to be functioning properly.Ī little history on the car first. (I live in a place where that's challenging.Hello, I decided to join the forum to try to keep my wife'* 96 Buick Regal from ending up in a junk yard. go through the hassle of putting the car up on blocks to drain the radiator. Purists will tell you that you should throw away the old coolant and never re-use it. If any air is left in there it will self bleed out of the system. Afterwards, just pour the coolant back in the radiator and tank. ![]() Just undo the clip, take off the electrical connector, and then the old sensor twists/pulls out. You will see how the clip works on your new part. You just need to get the fluid to the level where you can see the sensor inside the radiator. I siphoned coolant from the tank in to two milk jugs. It saved me from catastrophe when I had a bad water pump injecting air in to the system. Its there to keep you from introducing air in the system if the level gets too low. Some people will tell you that you don't need the sensor - which I don't believe to be true. will there be any leakage because I remove it?Yea - the bad sensor will behave differently with temperature. I am guessing I want to remove the sensor and clean it up a bit. I made another trip today, this time the light came on again. I think the cleaning only delayed the light coming on. will there be any leakage because I remove it? The moral of this story is QD ELECTRIC CLEANER KICKS ***!! Along with those persons who replied to my problem. I kept waiting and waiting and it didnt come on, I was thinking "It couldnt be that easy, could it?" After coming back out of the store, turned on the vehicle and came back home. I knew if the light was gonna turn on, it would do it within a couple of minutes of driving down the road. Went to plug in the connector and off I went. The female part of the plug was not hard, but I had to put my car up on the rhino ramps to get a good angle ( I guess its the con of having your car lowered) Anyways, I got that sprayed nice and good. The male end was easy as when I disconnected it, it freely moves around. (I live in Texas) Pop the hood found the connector that goes to the sensor and commenced to spraying it out with QD Electric cleaner. So, I woke up this morning thinking i better get to work on the car before the sweltering heat comes rolling through.
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