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What exactly does that mean? How could that have been triggered, and how is it fixed?

Eureka!!!! dmag23, you are &^%*@$# awesome!!!!!! I disconnected the upper rad hose, and poured water down it until it was up to the top, and when it did, it was pulsating, showing that the water was being pumped! I then secured the tube and looked at the water/coolant mix in the radiator top, and sure enough, there was bubbles and agitation going on. YES!!!! Unfortunately, a new problem has mysteriously emerged. Now I know that I have at least a quarter tank of gas, but I looked at my gas gauge in my truck and it was pegged at the bottom of the Empty side. I stopped the truck and restarted it, and the gas needle didn't jump to the middle like it usually does, it actually did nothing at all. Did I just solve one problem to have another? This is really weird.....why would this happen? Any ideas? Anyway, dmag23, you deserve a medal. I'll drive around some tomorrow to see if the temps stay down, but things are looking better than they have in weeks.

All right, some replies! To 88pathoffroad: The thermostat is definitely in the right way...I let it idle about five minutes or so, I figure that would be long enough to see something happen! To dmag23, that sounds like a great tip! It is dark out right now, but I'll go try that and see if it works. I've never heard of "priming" the coolant system, but if it works, it works!

Oh man let me tell you I have spent so much money and time to fix this problem. A couple of weeks ago, my 93 Pathfinder overheated. The overheated water sounded like it was coming from deep within my engine. I stripped everything down and replaced everything down there... bypass coolant hose, hoses, thermostat, water pump and the timing belt while I was at it. So today I got everything put back and cranked up the truck with the upper radiator hose off the radiator (to bleed the extra air out of the system) but no water came out. I opened up the top of the radiator and could see no movement in the water either. What do you think the remaining possibilities are to my problem? Tomorrow I have made an appointment at the shop to do a cooling system diagnostic, so I guess I'll find out then... but if ya'll can tell me some things it might be, as well as a rough estimate of cost to fix? No matter what, I know it's gonna cost me big time, but I'd like to have a little more info on this before I take my truck down to the shop.

Just went outside on a fresh day to try this thing again.....arrragggggggghhhhh it still doesn't go on!!! Msavides, sounds like you took off the camshafts to get the back cover off. Did you use an impact wrench to get off the camshaft nuts? I probably need to replace the cam seals anyway.....is that the only thing (besides the connecting bolts) holding the rear cover in place? I'd also like to know of any precautions while removing these camshafts, other than obviously keeping them aligned in relation to their TDC.

Yeah Slick, thanks for getting back to me. Nobody else seems to have as much trouble as I have with this thing. It's hard for me to compare the two hoses' length, as I had to pretty much tear the old hose apart to get it out. Boy, I thought that was hard to do....putting the joker back on is so much harder....

Good lord, I had no idea that this 5 dollar hose would make my life a living hell. It is the only thing holding me back from a fine running Pathfinder. I've trimmed probably 1/2 inch off of each end of hose, and it still doesn't want to slip on. So I also read what was available on these forums about this, and no one mentions that you have to take off the back timing belt cover....but my hands are too big to leverage this little bastard hose into place. I am about at the end of my rope with this thing....so how does one go about taking off the camshafts? The nut on them seems to rotate each camshaft rather than turn to remove the camshaft sprocket. If anyone can give me pointers dealing with this nightmare of a hose, I would be eternally gratefull!!

Thanks a lot ya'll! What a relief, I can just use a ratchet to move it back. That would be in a counter-clockwise direction, right? (Camshaft originally sprung from 11 o'clock counter-clockwise to 9 o'clock) Again, appreciate the help you are giving a newbie mechanic!

Hey redfinder, I hear you on that No. 6 plug. Anyone out there with some advice on getting to that sucker? The angle seems impossible with a ratchet.

Okay, so I have been looking for a coolant leak in my 93 Pathfinder. After tearing everything down, I finally find that my bypass hose is blown. I have gone ahead and replaced the water pump (which is what I thought it was at first) and the thermostat & bypass hose, it is time to put a new timing belt on. As I was trying to get the sucker on (never succeeded) the left camshaft gets a couple of notches to the right. No big deal, I adjust it back to the left. I guess I put a little too much pressure on it, and it suddenly sprang down to about the 9 o'clock position (from about the 11 o'clock position) Oh man, I got really worried that I screwed something up in the engine. I tried using moderate pressure to put it back in both directions, but it only moved slightly either way. I didn't want to force it without consulting someone about it. So did I just break my engine? How do I get my mark back up to its default position? I am so ready to get my truck back on the road, any help would be appreciated.