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| smrz914 |
 Dec 25 2003, 06:55 PM
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So i took my t-stat out and put 3 1/8" holes in it. Anything i can/should chech while i'm in there?
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| John2kx |
Dec 28 2003, 11:10 PM
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Brad............I understood that his temp. probe was installed in engine block.
Paul.........after running your car, you need to bleed air from petcock at top of radiator and not at fill point in engine bay. (it's not clear where your bleeding air to me at this point) Open until you get a steady stream of water. It may work either way but this is the method used by RH. Since you didn't have your block dipped/boiled, the crud may have worked loose and ended up in radiator. There are a couple of radiator flush products that may help vs. taking radiator to a shop for rodding. Just for comparison, I've been running my car for the past several days. Temperature here in Ga. is about 55-60F. My engine temp. runs 170-180F (both gages!) and my driving is a mixture of stop and go as well as 100+ mph freeway blasts. I have a indicator light that lets me know when fans are on and they only turned on 2 or 3 times per day. John |
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smrz914 v8 t-stat Dec 25 2003, 06:55 PM
Brad Roberts Use a good Fel-Pro gasket (blue one that can be re... Dec 25 2003, 06:59 PM smrz914 QUOTE
boxstr Paul Have you tried the thermostat that John Thoma... Dec 25 2003, 08:41 PM John2kx Paul,
I saw your similar post over on porchev. I... Dec 25 2003, 08:51 PM smrz914 QUOTE
boxstr Correct you are.
CCLIN914-8 Dec 25 2003, 09:59 PM smrz914 QUOTE
rick 918-S When to temp gauge gets up to 260 does the cap rel... Dec 25 2003, 10:41 PM Mueller blown head gasket???
Paul, I have a snap-on rad/c... Dec 25 2003, 10:55 PM John2kx (QUOTE) My gauge shows above 260 and this is taken... Dec 25 2003, 10:59 PM John2kx Sorry for the mess guys........this was my first a... Dec 25 2003, 11:05 PM rick 918-S You can go back and edit out what you don't wa... Dec 25 2003, 11:07 PM boxstr John You got your point across. Good job.
CCLIN914... Dec 25 2003, 11:24 PM smrz914 QUOTE
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John2kx Paul,
It appears you have not been using the righ... Dec 26 2003, 12:07 AM John2kx adf Dec 26 2003, 12:07 AM John2kx I doubt your water pump impeller is slipping on sh... Dec 26 2003, 12:09 AM John2kx let's try that again Dec 26 2003, 12:10 AM smrz914
It's never been that high untill recently. I... Dec 26 2003, 12:29 AM smrz914 Did i use to many quotes? quotes are not coming up... Dec 26 2003, 12:31 AM steve@ottosvenice.com One way to make sure all the air is out of the sys... Dec 26 2003, 12:35 AM smrz914 ok i'm moving the expantion tank and getting s... Dec 26 2003, 12:36 AM John2kx Paul,
Since your car ran fine until recently, I w... Dec 26 2003, 03:39 AM smrz914 John i've had 3 radiator caps in the car all a... Dec 26 2003, 04:59 PM Brad Roberts Keep us up to date Paul. I was away from the compu... Dec 27 2003, 11:16 PM smrz914 So I put the car back together and bled it without... Dec 28 2003, 07:34 PM Brad Roberts Yes. Get the pressure checker from Mueller. Do you... Dec 28 2003, 07:42 PM smrz914 Mueller i'm sending an e-mail...
Brad I have ... Dec 28 2003, 07:54 PM Brad Roberts John pointed out that you need to get *some* heat ... Dec 28 2003, 07:56 PM John2kx Paul,
I take it you test drove the car and still ... Dec 28 2003, 08:11 PM Brad Roberts Hum.. he is measuring the water temp at its hottes... Dec 28 2003, 08:17 PM smrz914 QUOTE
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smrz914 I have to move the temp gauge pickup to the tip of... Dec 28 2003, 09:07 PM smrz914 I use to use a combination of bleeding from the pe... Dec 28 2003, 11:57 PM Brad Roberts Depending on what fans you have mounted.. they can... Dec 29 2003, 12:01 AM smrz914 It get's hot standing still as well. Doesn... Dec 29 2003, 12:07 AM John2kx Paul,
As a reference, my fans turn on at 179.6F a... Dec 29 2003, 03:15 AM smrz914 Oh it doesn't matter when the fans turn on it ... Dec 29 2003, 03:12 PM smrz914 I checked the spark plugs and they look really goo... Dec 30 2003, 08:49 PM John2kx Time to try another gage. Dec 31 2003, 02:18 AM smrz914 what is the guage going to do? The car is boiling ... Dec 31 2003, 02:24 AM Brad Roberts Paul,
where are you located ?? I need to deliver ... Dec 31 2003, 04:25 AM John2kx Paul,
I didn't know you were boiling over....... Dec 31 2003, 10:34 AM
smrz914 brad- I'm in lafayette, east bay, close to wal... Jan 1 2004, 07:18 PM |
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