98 overheating

[yellowbeard]

Here's the deal. Had small leak in heater core. Fixed that. Had leak in heater core hose, losing water, running hot had to add water. fixed that. Then I pressure tested system held 14 lbs. pressure. not losing water anymore. Still will slowly rise in temp. after running at 195 temp. for awhile. Changed termostat done great for acouple of days, now will still rise in temp. to over 210 after driving. Put new water pump in last summer, still fairly new. Now I am confused. Has orignal rad. hoses on it. 98 model. Do you think they maybe colapsing? and not letting my water curculate? Thanks Joe
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[dirtclod]

When is the last time you flushed the cooling system? Is the front of the radiator covered with bugs and debris? Is the radiator overflow reservoir working properly? Do you smell burnt antifreeze in the exhaust? Also check your clutch fan. See how hard it is to rotate the fan with cold engine

 

[yellowbeard]

just flushed my rad. and cleaned bug and junk out of the front and back of rad. The clutch fan feels good can turn by hand, but will not spin freely. Hope this does it, if not will check back in a couple of days, to let you know what's up. thanks Joe

 

[yellowbeard]

drove it around some today. hadn't overheated yet. hope the flushing did the trick. thanks guys. Joe

 

[yellowbeard]

flushing didn't do the trick. New rad. did.