Hello!
I own a 67 289 Mustang and I've been having some pretty major cooling issues. About a month ago I was washing my car and I noticed the battery sounded low on startup. So I was letting it run to see if I could charge up the battery and after about 10ish minutes my radiator proceeded to explode... literally. As i was turning off the car i noticed the water temp was sitting at about 230 which is maxed on my cars gauge. (usually I'm sitting at about 165-175 or 180 to 185 if I'm hotrodding around.)
So I decided to replace just about everything I could think of. New aluminum radiator(3 row), new water pump(something I was planning on doing soon anyways), new thermostat and thermostat housing, and new hoses and clamps. I used Permatex Grey on all my gaskets. I went with a 60/40 Prestone coolant mix and started her up. I let her idle for about 10 mins before taking her around the corner and in a span of about 60 seconds the water temp went from 170 to 200 and by the time I was back at my garage it was 215 and rising still.
I'm looking for any ideas as to what could be causing this. I plan on going to get the system flushed as soon as I can.
Thank you for any help.
I own a 67 289 Mustang and I've been having some pretty major cooling issues. About a month ago I was washing my car and I noticed the battery sounded low on startup. So I was letting it run to see if I could charge up the battery and after about 10ish minutes my radiator proceeded to explode... literally. As i was turning off the car i noticed the water temp was sitting at about 230 which is maxed on my cars gauge. (usually I'm sitting at about 165-175 or 180 to 185 if I'm hotrodding around.)
So I decided to replace just about everything I could think of. New aluminum radiator(3 row), new water pump(something I was planning on doing soon anyways), new thermostat and thermostat housing, and new hoses and clamps. I used Permatex Grey on all my gaskets. I went with a 60/40 Prestone coolant mix and started her up. I let her idle for about 10 mins before taking her around the corner and in a span of about 60 seconds the water temp went from 170 to 200 and by the time I was back at my garage it was 215 and rising still.
I'm looking for any ideas as to what could be causing this. I plan on going to get the system flushed as soon as I can.
Thank you for any help.