Do you have the black deflector mounted under the radiator?
Sounds like you need a different helper.
No kidding. I bought rubber gaskets for my valve covers and he argued with me every step of the way, saying that I should have bought the cork ones because they were "better".
At idle, it stays about the same as when I'm driving it. Only difference is it heats up a little more temporarily when I ouch the gas, but drops down after I let it off. Seems to even drop a little when I come to a red light or something. Still runs around 210-230 though..
I'm taking this as that it stays coolest when sitting at idle, but while driving and under load, it heats up. If you cruise on the highway at 2000RPM, how hot is it?
Do you have any pics of the radiator front/backside and the fan shroud? Just want to see what's going on there
I'm taking this as that it stays coolest when sitting at idle, but while driving and under load, it heats up. If you cruise on the highway at 2000RPM, how hot is it?
Do you have any pics of the radiator front/backside and the fan shroud? Just want to see what's going on there
But his first post said:
But his first post said:
Ok, so stock fan shroud. I assume stock fan? When the car is hot, shut the engine off, then grab the fan and spin it. It should have a lot of resistance and stop immediately when you let go.
As for condition of the radiator and condenser, if the fins are bent and folded over, air doesn't pass through. I'd spend some time straightening out all the fins on the condenser and radiator. You may need to remove the fan and shroud, and tint the radiator in towards the engine to access the front side and straighten them all out. That assumes, of course, they are all bent badly.
Ok, so stock fan shroud. I assume stock fan? When the car is hot, shut the engine off, then grab the fan and spin it. It should have a lot of resistance and stop immediately when you let go.
As for condition of the radiator and condenser, if the fins are bent and folded over, air doesn't pass through. I'd spend some time straightening out all the fins on the condenser and radiator. You may need to remove the fan and shroud, and tint the radiator in towards the engine to access the front side and straighten them all out. That assumes, of course, they are all bent badly.
If it's warming up under load, I'd be back looking at water flow, again. Air flow is going to be plenty at 60mph. However, at low RPM, the water pump or T-stat may be the limiting factor, but you just replaced both. I would try dropping the gear down to 4th to get the RPM up and see if that brings the temps down. I'll bet it will, and that'll be another indicator that water flow is the issue.
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