2003 Lincoln Aviator coolant

Asked by Rome4damo_ Jun 30, 2018 at 04:49 PM about the 2003 Lincoln Aviator Luxury

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have a 2003 Lincoln Aviator and I broke a T on the heater
hose and the radiator fluid leaked out it was fixed but it
started overheating no matter what I did it kept overheating
since then I've had to change the water pump it started
leaking I'm still in the same spot I haven't moved forward
yet it's still overheating I've tried everything to get whatever
air is in the system out my problem is the bleed on top of
the bypass hose that's over the alternator is seized up it
won't come open what can I do? Help!!!!

5 Answers

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Buy a radiator funnel fill kit $30. Jack the front end up as high as you safely can, fill up the funnel with coolant and let it sit overnight,in the morning see how much coolant is left.I'm guessing it will be empty,fill it again and let it sit,repeat the steps until the engine will not take anymore.

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I replaced alternator& Serpintine belt on my 03 Lincoln aviator I had to take the radiator hose off and the hoses on reservoir top and bottom just to get fan and fan clutch out just to get alternator out. I put everything back together started fine. (My question is) can anyone tell me why it's overheating, and what are the steps to repairing it please and thank you

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Its air locked it's a pain to get all the air out turn heater on full blast and let it warm up and open bleeder screw on top of metal tube be careful and make sure it's not all the way to temp or it will be pressurized as it warms up the thermostat should open allowing coolant to flow through and all air suld burp its self out turn the vehical off and fill up some more until you get no more air bubbles out of it it may take a few times .

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Use a heat gun for a couple of seconds on that cap and then use a pair of pliers that's what got mine on gun

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