Over heating

Asked by Robert Jul 13, 2018 at 10:48 AM about the 2001 Dodge RAM 1500 SLT RWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Have a 2001 Dodge Ram 1500 radiator cap broke
pushed fuild out add water put cap back on drove
home was fine. Next day put new cap on over
heating

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firebird338 answered 5 years ago

Sounds like air in the system to bleed. Remove cap from overflow tank fill with antifreeze to full mark leave cap off and start vehicle and let idle also you will notice level in tank will start to rise this is normal once thermostat starts to open level in tank will drop add more antifreeze to full mark then put cap back on.

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