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I ve got a 2001 oldsmobie intrigue 3.5 liter engine at a idle it overheats but when you bring the rpms the temp goes down.

Submitted: 26 days and 19 hours ago.
Category: Car
Value: $9
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Year: 2001
Make: Oldsmobile
Model: Intrigue gl
Engine: 3.5 liter

Already Tried:
I replaced the thermostat

Accepted Answer

hi

this sounds as if you need to bleed the air out of the cooling system...a good way to do this is ,when the engine is cold.take off the radiator/resivoir cap.start the olds.keep coolent on hand...let the engine idle till it reachs operating tempeture adding coolent as it needs it

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Expert: tims auto repair
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Answered: 10/27/2009

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