I have a 97 Chevy Venture. It has been overheating on me. I brought it to one mechanic who replaced the water pump, radiator hose and thermostat. That did not fix it. I brought it somewhere else where they rodded out the radiator, changed the thermostat AGAIN, ran some sort of sealer through it because I had a very very small head gasket leak. The van did fine for 3 days and then overheated again. When it overheats, it does it VERY quickly. I pull over and pop the hood and the plastic overflow tank is completely full and the radiator, of course, is not. Eventually, the van cools off and the water goes back to the radiator. I can crank it up again, once it cools off and sometimes it overheats again, within a minute, and sometimes it does not. I can sometimes drive for hours without the needle even going to the halfway mark, and then there are times I can?t even drive half a mile without the needle pegging out in the red. Any ideas? I have spent over 800.00 so far and am getting very frustrated, not to mention BROKE.
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18 years ago