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Installed Intake, Let It Idle, Overheats!

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  • Start date Start date Jun 12, 2005

brentwoodboy

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Just let the car idle after the itnake install, and it overheats.

I have plenty of coolant. I installed the T stat correctly. Whats happenin?
 
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yellow1995Cobra

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Maybe a huge air bubble still in the system? WIth the front of the car on jack stands, and the rad cap off, let the car idle for a bit. It should get all the air out and hopefully solve your problem. Unless you already burped the system successfully?
 

FastFord

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Yea, I would burp the system.
 

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Did it, worked! Thanks for your input!
 
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