Thread: sr20 gurus!!!! help-over heating issue

if water wasnt moving in the radiator especially with the thermostat out then i would almost bet waterpump especially if it hasnt really been replaced. almostsounds like the blads could have come loose from the shaft but who knows. You will figure it out.

Under normal circumstances I would think you are absolutely right ashtonsser except for this part of the guy's post

He says buckets like they just came from the tap. If he has done this before that could be the problem corrosion blocking the water flow

ight i just bought the car in late jan, and i have not put even 4,000 miles in the motor i put in...
ok

so wat should i do... bleED THE SYSTEM change out water pump and see from there??
now about this distilled water stuff where would i buy that from? how much do i need and how much coolant?? (for a b14). is there a easy way lol to change the pump cause i help my friend change his on his 1.6 and it was a bitch, does anyone have a write up or know where i can get one... so i can refresh my memory,
and you guys say bleed the system< how do i do that exactly..

How long have you had tap water in there? If it is just for a little while IMO you just need to drain it out good.

Forget about the water pump until the easy stuff doesn't work.

You can buy distilled water at the grocery store in gallon jugs. It will be labeled distilled water ( NOT SPRING WATER that is the same as tap. There are minerals in there that start corroding all of the coolant passages in the motor and radiator and will clog stuff up and make the car over heat if left long enough). Buy a few they are pretty cheap

So after you drain all of that tap water out just unscrew that bleeder screw on the t-stat.

Fill with the same mix of coolant and DISTILLED WATER this time Fill until water squirts out of that t-stat bolt hole in a streaming like manner.

Replace the bolt and finish filling the rad up.

Start the car up and watch for overheating and leaks.

There are other ways to do this but try this way first

ok the bolt on the thermostat its the top one to the right??

It changes which side depending on the motor, but yeah sounds like you have it. The might be a sticker with an arrow pointing to it.