To make this interesting- Ill paypal $5 to whoever can tell me whats going on- because Im lost-
So Im cruising home in my 66 fastback-
351W, aluminum radiator, fan shroud, 50/50 mix in the radiator-
pull into the gas station, as soon as I turn off the car- woooooossshhhh
hose goes- its 100 degrees outside, car is running around 200 degrees-
but spikes to 240 before I shut it off- (I am running iron heads)
I literally say out loud "crap"
I wait for the steam to stop pooring from under the hood, open it up, and its not too bad- hose to the heater core from the water pump burst-
This is easy-
I take the good hose, bypass the heater core, and hook it up straight to the water pump- should work fine right?
I buy some coolant, add about a 50/50 mix back into the car-
should be good to go- right?
NO
Now within half of a mile leaving the gas station, the needle is creeping up past 200, I shut it down at 235 as it is still climbing-
I wait, start it again, still needle is climbing-
I check oil to look for coolant in case I lost a head gasket, oil looks perfect-
am I missing something here?
I have bypassed the heater a million times before-
any thing I should be looking for?
This is driving me crazy-
This car always runs at 180-190 but was at 200 today because it was like a million degrees outside-
so what else could I have broken?
So Im cruising home in my 66 fastback-
351W, aluminum radiator, fan shroud, 50/50 mix in the radiator-
pull into the gas station, as soon as I turn off the car- woooooossshhhh
hose goes- its 100 degrees outside, car is running around 200 degrees-
but spikes to 240 before I shut it off- (I am running iron heads)
I literally say out loud "crap"
I wait for the steam to stop pooring from under the hood, open it up, and its not too bad- hose to the heater core from the water pump burst-
This is easy-
I take the good hose, bypass the heater core, and hook it up straight to the water pump- should work fine right?
I buy some coolant, add about a 50/50 mix back into the car-
should be good to go- right?
NO
Now within half of a mile leaving the gas station, the needle is creeping up past 200, I shut it down at 235 as it is still climbing-
I wait, start it again, still needle is climbing-
I check oil to look for coolant in case I lost a head gasket, oil looks perfect-
am I missing something here?
I have bypassed the heater a million times before-
any thing I should be looking for?
This is driving me crazy-
This car always runs at 180-190 but was at 200 today because it was like a million degrees outside-
so what else could I have broken?