Water pump maybe?

 

i want to leave the water pump for last. I know its not leaking out of the waterpump. Uhh the hoses are pretty tight, just as tight as any other car when the system pressurizes. I am using prestone radiator fluid and water wetter.

 

The top hose is hot as hell and the bottom hose is ice cold. Maybe the radiator is cloged. I took the motor down to the timing belt and looked at the water pump. It spins and is not leaking at all. I took the radiator out and blew water through it and it came out fine. So top hose is super hot and the bottom one is cold. Maybe the radiator is clogged?

 

^it doesn't make sense that you'd be able to blow water through it that easily if it was clogged...

 

yeah i know, i'm in denial that it is the water pump. Maybe i put in a bad thermostat lol

 

could be a bad head gasket

 

Nope, Advance sold me a bad thermostat. Didn't open up till 215 in a pot of boiling water. Car runs and drives great. Thanks everybody.

 

haha wow... glad you got it taken care of! What brand thermo was it?

 

I am pretty sure its a stant. Never buying OE parts from an autoparts store. Thermostat - wrong, therm gasket- wrong, Hoses - like they blindfolded someone and pushed them into the hose isle. Not anyone's fault AT the store. The people who do the cataloging and part # assighnments are way off on the bug eyes i guess.

The worst part is i felt like a retard for 2 weeks. Cooling system is so simple

 

^they are horrible... they sold me resistor type plugs for my mercedes with resistor wires. wasn't until I was getting 8 miles to the gallon that I realized it!