So here is the story. Valley pan gasket went out and i started leaking massive amounts of coolant. Got a ridiculous quote for an upper intake manifold gasket as the issue so I decided to do it myself. Decided to replace a few more gaskets while i was at it since I was close. Head gaskets, upper and lower intake manifold gaskets, and valve cover gaskets. Had a leak from a thermostat when I started it up, so replaced it with a soft spring thermostat.
Fired it up again today to diagnose the repair and I am overheating. checked the auxiliary fan and it was spinning, checked the fuse and it was blown. Swapped out the fuse and tried again, still overheating. Fan was moving air but using an OBD scanner the temps were rising to 215-220. Coolant level is not changing, and no puddles anywhere under the car, and no sweet smell out the tailpipe (in case the HG job failed). So this leads me to believe it is one of two issues although they weren't issues before fixing the gaskets.
1) water pump is out
2) the radiator is clogged
Any quick and easy ways to check which one it might be?
Fired it up again today to diagnose the repair and I am overheating. checked the auxiliary fan and it was spinning, checked the fuse and it was blown. Swapped out the fuse and tried again, still overheating. Fan was moving air but using an OBD scanner the temps were rising to 215-220. Coolant level is not changing, and no puddles anywhere under the car, and no sweet smell out the tailpipe (in case the HG job failed). So this leads me to believe it is one of two issues although they weren't issues before fixing the gaskets.
1) water pump is out
2) the radiator is clogged
Any quick and easy ways to check which one it might be?