Replaced thermastat and still overheating. What else?

Asked by 123lynn Apr 09, 2014 at 08:38 PM about the 2001 Nissan Xterra SE

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

In the past 2 years have had head gaskets, radiator, thermastat replaced 2 times, Just picked it up from the shop and today it overheated with needle going to H
My mechanic could not find anything wrong.
What else can be causing this overheating?

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have you checked the water pump? thats a possibility

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My quest would be that either your Water pump , electric fan or clutch is not on or not working...correctly

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If the head gasket was blown and he didn't resurface the head, It could very easily still be leaking from the head. Thereby causing the same overheating, etc... I would also check waterpump and fans too. Even check for presence of air in the cooling system. air pockets will cause cavitation and a waterpump will not pull water at all ( or maybe sporadically) if an air pocket gets down to it.

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Believe it or not I was having the same problem it was low on transmission fuild

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Absolutely fire the mechanic, he should never have let you have the car back if it was still overheating after replacing the head gasket the first time.....un-f@#&ing believable that he is still in business. Now, did you get it fixed yet and what was wrong with it? Thanks KM

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I'm rocking my brains off trying to figure out what's wrong with my Nissan Xterra. I just install the thermostat and, after we reloaded again with antifreeze, I drove for about three (3) miles and it was hot again.

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what should I do next if I install the water thermostat and the car continues to overheats

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