thank you in advance for reading my post.
I have a 2005 Tahoe z71 with the regular gas engine.
It was running fine, but i had no heat and no AC.
I took the Z71 to a shade-tree mechanic who i have used in the past.
He replaced the AC compressor, clutch, dryer and tube
And flushed the cooling system a few times
My tahoe has 225k miles
But the engine was replaced at 150k with a used engine
And i replaced the transmission at the dealership witha new transmission.
So when i got my Tahoe back from the dryer was unpluged
The mechanic said the digital control panel was bad and wouldnt turn off the AC
I ordered a new dorman unit of EBay from Kowalski parts.
It was cool here in Charlotte so i did not plug in the AC dryer
We had a warm day, and so plugged the AC dryer in and
Drove a few miles to work
Then home. 20 miles total
Later at night
I was driving and the tahoe started over heating. And blow out al the coolant
I let the truck cool down, filled it full of water to get home
And it over heated and boiled the water out.
I then disconected the dryer
And no over heating issue
Drove the tahoe about an hour
No issues
Plug in the compressor
And overheated about 20 minutes later
I dont think the Aux fans are coming on.
Any ideas what i can try?
I am not going back to the shade tree mechanic
So before i go to the dealership
Id like to try some simple trouble shooting
I have a 2005 Tahoe z71 with the regular gas engine.
It was running fine, but i had no heat and no AC.
I took the Z71 to a shade-tree mechanic who i have used in the past.
He replaced the AC compressor, clutch, dryer and tube
And flushed the cooling system a few times
My tahoe has 225k miles
But the engine was replaced at 150k with a used engine
And i replaced the transmission at the dealership witha new transmission.
So when i got my Tahoe back from the dryer was unpluged
The mechanic said the digital control panel was bad and wouldnt turn off the AC
I ordered a new dorman unit of EBay from Kowalski parts.
It was cool here in Charlotte so i did not plug in the AC dryer
We had a warm day, and so plugged the AC dryer in and
Drove a few miles to work
Then home. 20 miles total
Later at night
I was driving and the tahoe started over heating. And blow out al the coolant
I let the truck cool down, filled it full of water to get home
And it over heated and boiled the water out.
I then disconected the dryer
And no over heating issue
Drove the tahoe about an hour
No issues
Plug in the compressor
And overheated about 20 minutes later
I dont think the Aux fans are coming on.
Any ideas what i can try?
I am not going back to the shade tree mechanic
So before i go to the dealership
Id like to try some simple trouble shooting
