# Van overheating **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [August 6, 2007, 11:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/van-overheating/2689 "2007-08-06T11:25:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vanman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3da27b/32.png) [@vanman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/vanman)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 11:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/van-overheating/2689/1 "2007-08-06T11:25:53Z")
I got a 98 Ford E150 Conversion Van with a 5.4 V8. It starts to overheat when under load & the outside temp is high. I can turn off the A/C & drive easy & keep it from overheating. I’ve had the engine checked & the pressure is ok, so the head gasket is not leaking. Themrostat has been replaced & is working properly. Also the fan clutch is new. Any ideas? I don’t want to waste the money on a new radiator if there is something besides a plugged radiator causing this like a sensor or something I haven’t been able to figure out. ---
**Author:** ![lprocter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/lprocter/32/40_2.png) [@lprocter](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lprocter)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 12:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/van-overheating/2689/2 "2007-08-06T12:17:56Z")
It’s probably a plugged radiator. But first, try cleaning off the rad, it may be covered with lots of bugs and debris. But really, I’d be thinking it’s a radiator problem. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/d/1d47c66a543aa6c5a7873bb2320858f978ff52ed.png) [@system](https://community.cartalk.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/van-overheating/2689/3 "2007-08-06T16:06:45Z")
Have you flushed/replaced your coolant recently? Could be a waterpump with a degraded impeller, too.