{"id":56940,"date":"2019-05-13T15:07:08","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T20:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=56940"},"modified":"2019-05-13T15:07:10","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T20:07:10","slug":"1989-pontiac-firebird-formula-overheating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2019\/05\/1989-pontiac-firebird-formula-overheating","title":{"rendered":"1989 Pontiac Firebird Formula Overheating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36850\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1992-pontiac-firebird.jpg\" alt=\"Pontiac Firebird\" width=\"600\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1992-pontiac-firebird.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1992-pontiac-firebird-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The engine is over heating and the mechanics don&#8217;t know why. New heads, water pump, thermostat and sensors, etc. Over heats almost immediately. We are all stumped and need help. Thank you. 305 engine 5.0L.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/overheating.html\"><strong>Engine Overheating<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Couple of possible things to look at.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thermostat in backwards<\/li>\n<li>Using just water instead of 50\/50 mix<\/li>\n<li>Low on coolant and or air pocket<\/li>\n<li>No fan or fan shroud missing<\/li>\n<li>Blocked of clogged radiator<\/li>\n<li>Incorrect head gasket causing coolant passages to be blocked<\/li>\n<li>Ignition timing<\/li>\n<li>Faulty gauge reading (use an external infrared temperature gun)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" title=\"3rd gen Camaro\/firebird electric fan\" style=\"width:420px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe hidef\" id=\"WYL_4u5yQiVkaDA\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F4u5yQiVkaDA%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4u5yQiVkaDA\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT7M7S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2017-08-21T21:10:13Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_4u5yQiVkaDA\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F4u5yQiVkaDA%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">3rd gen Camaro\/firebird electric fan<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4u5yQiVkaDA\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F4u5yQiVkaDA%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"3rd gen Camaro\/firebird electric fan\" width=\"420\" height=\"295\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"How I wired up my electric fan\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:420px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The engine is over heating and the mechanics don&#8217;t know why. New heads, water pump, thermostat and sensors, etc. Over heats almost immediately. We are all stumped and need help. Thank you. 305 engine 5.0L. Engine Overheating Couple of possible things to look at. Thermostat in backwards Using just water instead of 50\/50 mix Low&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2019\/05\/1989-pontiac-firebird-formula-overheating\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1989 Pontiac Firebird Formula Overheating<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15199,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,31],"tags":[540],"class_list":["post-56940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-repair-questions","category-pontiac","tag-firebird"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.0 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>1989 Pontiac Firebird Formula Overheating - FreeAutoMechanic Advice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2019\/05\/1989-pontiac-firebird-formula-overheating\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"1989 Pontiac Firebird Formula Overheating\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The engine is over heating and the mechanics don&#8217;t know why. 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