terry

I have a Dodge Intrepid 3.5 1996 with 169,000 miles. It is
overheating. It drips out the overflow tube when it gets hot. Normally
drips small amounts that after a few days cause the car to overheat.
If it really gets hot it pours out the overflow tube. When the air is
cooler, the car does not overheat. Takes about 30-45 minutes coming
home from work to overheat.

A mechanic friend (and several garages) have worked on it and did the
following to no avail:
1. Replaced head gasket (thought it might be blown)
2. Replaced thermostat
3. Replaced temperature sensor (twice)
4. New water pump about a year ago.
5. Timing belt
6. Computer (PCM)
7. Radiator cap from dealer
8. RFID control for fans
9. radiator rodded out (was badly stopped up)

He has switched fuses in the fuse box for the radiator fans. Also
grounded the fuses to see that the high and low radiator fans do come
on.
He has used a scan tool and the low radiator fans comes on at 230
(which according to the specs is correct).

Browsing the usenet groups, I have seen this problem occur with the
Intrepid, but as yet I have not found anyone that has actually found
the problem.

Any help, hints, checks would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Terry

fireheadedlady

In this car sometimes they build up too much pressure in the radiator. It is a cheap fix for a car that has an overheating problem. Loosen the nipple on the thermostat housing while the car is running and let the steam or air flow out of the system...this may help. Goodluck