Hey Guys,
i have been stalking your forum for about a year and finally decided to join because i can not find an answer to my overheating problem. your search function has given me a lot of answers and ideas. I have an 87 mustang gt with ttops. this is my first mustang and i am not very mechanical but i got the car so i can learn.
My question is, i got the car a year ago and it has been running hot since i got it. twice last summer it boiled over the over flow tank twice but that was after pretty long drives. i replaced the radiator and cap, water pump, thermostat twice(right now i am running a mr. gasket 180) and i am running an electric water temp guage. I also, have a taurus fan, took out the a/c condenser and put another air dam on.
i have tried burbing the system mutltiple time but that has not fixed anything. when i burb it my car will stay right at 180 but when i drive it it will slowly creep up. i will only let it get to 220-230 before i bring it in.
i did have aleak on top of my timing chain cover so i got that replaced along witht he timing chain but i still have a coolant leak that drips next to the oil pan on the driver side. I have tried to find it but i have been unsuccessful. i see that it drip down where the oil pan connects to the block. i can not figure out where it is coming from and i don' tknow if that is effecting my running hot issue.
in the winter i was fine and the car was not running hot but now that it is warming up my temp creeps up and doesn't seem to stop. it takes a while to get to 220-230 but it seems to end up at that temp.
my engine is basically stock except for underdrive pulleys and o/r h pipe and flowmaster 40 series mufflers.
any imput and advice would be sweet.
Thanks for all the help,
Chris
i have been stalking your forum for about a year and finally decided to join because i can not find an answer to my overheating problem. your search function has given me a lot of answers and ideas. I have an 87 mustang gt with ttops. this is my first mustang and i am not very mechanical but i got the car so i can learn.
My question is, i got the car a year ago and it has been running hot since i got it. twice last summer it boiled over the over flow tank twice but that was after pretty long drives. i replaced the radiator and cap, water pump, thermostat twice(right now i am running a mr. gasket 180) and i am running an electric water temp guage. I also, have a taurus fan, took out the a/c condenser and put another air dam on.
i have tried burbing the system mutltiple time but that has not fixed anything. when i burb it my car will stay right at 180 but when i drive it it will slowly creep up. i will only let it get to 220-230 before i bring it in.
i did have aleak on top of my timing chain cover so i got that replaced along witht he timing chain but i still have a coolant leak that drips next to the oil pan on the driver side. I have tried to find it but i have been unsuccessful. i see that it drip down where the oil pan connects to the block. i can not figure out where it is coming from and i don' tknow if that is effecting my running hot issue.
in the winter i was fine and the car was not running hot but now that it is warming up my temp creeps up and doesn't seem to stop. it takes a while to get to 220-230 but it seems to end up at that temp.
my engine is basically stock except for underdrive pulleys and o/r h pipe and flowmaster 40 series mufflers.
any imput and advice would be sweet.
Thanks for all the help,
Chris