02 Chevy Trailblazer overheating driving 2 miles and more
Asked by 02Henrytrailblazer Jun 05, 2019 at 12:55 AM about the 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer LS RWD
Question type: Maintenance & Repair
I put a new radiator new fan new fan
clutch new water pump but yet if I
drive it over to my house if so it's
overheating no signs of water
leakage coming from the engine
anywhere or at the tailpipe need to
know what I need to do next to get
this fixed and back on the road
4 Answers
02Henrytrailblazer answered 4 years ago
And I put a brand new thermostat in this well
Hornet_2497 answered 4 years ago
You might have put the thermostat in backwards. The thermostat has to be installed with the coil toward the engine.
How do you know it's overheating? Have you checked the real temperature with a scanner? Our gauges are worthless. Our temp sensors are weak too, but good news is, in 02, it's located right above the thermostat, cake walk to replace like the thermostat is. Typically we don't have problems with air in the system with a radiator replacement, but if it is indeed overheating, I'd try again to get air out. Old trick is to lift up your passenger side tire up in the air, as to tip the system to let it burp. As you know, it's impossible to put the thermostat in backwards, so count that out.
Hornet_2497 answered 4 years ago
Every Stant brand thermostat I bought in the last 55 years, cautions the installer to not put it in backwards.
