{"id":59962,"date":"2020-05-06T06:03:01","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T13:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=59962"},"modified":"2024-02-13T08:26:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T16:26:27","slug":"overheating-within-5-miles-2012-chevy-cruze-lt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2020\/05\/overheating-within-5-miles-2012-chevy-cruze-lt","title":{"rendered":"Overheating within 5 miles 2012 Chevy Cruze LT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34306\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2011-chevy-cruze.jpg\" alt=\"Chevy Cruze\" width=\"600\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2011-chevy-cruze.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2011-chevy-cruze-300x159.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Overheating\/ boiling into reservoir, Already replaced thermostat, both radiator hoses, both temp sensors, coolant manifold. Within 5 miles of driving it will overheat, Burped air out. Replaced water pump last year. Reservoir tank\/cap? Head gasket? Ideas?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>You have obviously be at it with this one for a while. Lots of good parts thrown at it and still no better off. So lets try a different approach. Lets do some testing.<\/p>\n<p>Perform a cooling system pressure test and an engine cylinder compression test. The cooling system pressure test will allow you to confirm if there are any leaks present, internal or external. The engine compression test will show if there is a blown head gasket.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/what-is-compression-test.html\">What is a Compression Test<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/blown-head-gasket.html\">Blown head gasket symptoms<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Another quick test would be to install the cooling system pressure tester and start the engine. You know you have some internal engine issues if you start to see the pressure build way over the manufacturers pressure limit posted on the radiator cap. (15-17 psi)<\/p>\n<h3>Cooling System Pressure Tester<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-81201\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cooling-system-pressure-tester.jpg\" alt=\"cooling system pressure tester\" width=\"215\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cooling-system-pressure-tester.jpg 689w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cooling-system-pressure-tester-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cooling-system-pressure-tester-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3uznvs1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52743\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/shop-item.jpg\" alt=\"Shop Automotive\" width=\"140\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3cd0DQA\"><strong>Purchase Cooling System Pressure Testing Kit<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/cooling-system.html\">Understanding your Cooling System<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overheating\/ boiling into reservoir, Already replaced thermostat, both radiator hoses, both temp sensors, coolant manifold. Within 5 miles of driving it will overheat, Burped air out. Replaced water pump last year. Reservoir tank\/cap? Head gasket? Ideas? You have obviously be at it with this one for a while. Lots of good parts thrown at it&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2020\/05\/overheating-within-5-miles-2012-chevy-cruze-lt\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Overheating within 5 miles 2012 Chevy Cruze LT<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14847,"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":[1,3],"tags":[10392,25324],"class_list":["post-59962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-repair-questions","category-chevy","tag-cruze","tag-overhearting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.0 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Overheating within 5 miles 2012 Chevy Cruze LT - 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\/2020\/05\/overheating-within-5-miles-2012-chevy-cruze-lt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Overheating within 5 miles 2012 Chevy Cruze LT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Overheating\/ boiling into reservoir, Already replaced thermostat, both radiator hoses, both temp sensors, coolant manifold. 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