my van is overheating on my chevy venture , i changed the thermostat and found out after that i ran it with a really big air bubble caught inside , hot water going to rad, but the hose going to the water pump isnt evan warm,,, wondering if water pump is shotHow can you tell if the water pump is fried on a 2001 chevy venture?should be able to watch the flow of coolant in radiator and tell if its pumping
could remove a hose and tel as well
and a dirty radiator a bad hose or a thermostat more likey sure i see you said replace that but still doesnt mean it was good
98% of time water pump leaks when bad
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how to check a car thermostatHow can you tell if the water pump is fried on a 2001 chevy venture?sounds like thermostat is bad....u could have fried it by air bubble....could also b ur water pump but would replace the thermostat again first....just make sure u BLEED the system this time...How can you tell if the water pump is fried on a 2001 chevy venture?the air bubble can cause overheating issues too, so purge the system run it for a short time, like around the block and park it, turn it off and make sure the overflow stays full , as everything cools off the system should draw down the overflow so keep that full . usually when the water pump is bad, the weep hole directly on the bottom of the waterpump starts leaking water. this is a sign of a worn bearing. take your time make sure no hot air bubbles are in the system good luckHow can you tell if the water pump is fried on a 2001 chevy venture?I don't know about a Chevy Venture, but when my 1999 Chevy Malibu blew it's water pump, it kept overheating and I had to constantly put anti-freeze in it. After a couple of months of that, it started leaking the whole bottle of anti freeze in like one days time. When I was driving home from school one day it just spit anti-freeze every where. I had to sit and let the car cool. After it did that I drove it right to the shop, and spent about 600.00 to get it fixed. Keep in mind, this happened about 2 years ago, so it might be more or less to get it fixed now.
