1988 Mercedes Benz 190e running hot

1988 MERCEDES BENZ 190E

20,013 MILES • 4 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC

MEMBER
2 POSTS
FOLLOW

hi my car seems to run hot and needle fluctuations high and when idiling it runs hot and comes down to halfway mark sometime when driving plus the radiator dash llight comes on checked thermostat ok just flushing radiator and adding coolant what else can i llook for

Apr 19, 2010 at 7:50 PM

MHPAUTOS

CERTIFIED EXPERT
31,937 POSTS

Hi there,

I would get the radiator cleaned by a radiator repair shop as just back flushing will not clean out any scale and build up in the core tubes, i feel that you will have a part blocked radiator,tart here.

mark (mhpautos)

Apr 19, 2010 at 8:05 PM

[email protected]

MEMBER
2 POSTS

thanks for your reply and flushing it did not fix the problem so would look at putting into radiator lplace

Apr 19, 2010 at 9:22 PM