Overheating Question

Guero

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So my Autometer temp gauge today reach 250(I know I shouldnt had drove it ) Well Anyways I got home since I just went to my bros house real quick. But I opened the hood and the MrGasket radiotor cap with a thermameter was at 140. I have a new Mrgasket T-stat in there fyi. And the water wasnt boiling over as I expected when I popped the hood... What gives?

 

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Guero said:

So my Autometer temp gauge today reach 250(I know I shouldnt had drove it ) Well Anyways I got home since I just went to my bros house real quick. But I opened the hood and the MrGasket radiotor cap with a thermameter was at 140. I have a new Mrgasket T-stat in there fyi. And the water wasnt boiling over as I expected when I popped the hood... What gives?

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I think you are just freaking out man...

 

Guero

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I wish I was. LOL!! The radiotor was even cool to the touch not hot at all.

 

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Guero said:

I wish I was. LOL!! The radiotor was even cool to the touch not hot at all.

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if you blow a gasket your car's radiator supposed to be hot. did you lose all your coolant or still there?

 

Guero

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There some there. But I keep loosing coolant.

 

hollywoodstang

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Guero said:

There some there. But I keep loosing coolant.

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Game over. Blown

 

Guero

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Noooooooooooooooo!!! LOL!!! Well I already knew. Just wanted 2 double check my work lol

 

HISSIN50

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Sounds like your t-stat was stuck closed.

 

Guero

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Its like 3 days old.... Can It go bad?

 

Guero

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How bout a bad water bout that doesnt push the water thru? The had been sitting for like 7 years before I drove it.

 

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Guero said:

How bout a bad water bout that doesnt push the water thru? The had been sitting for like 7 years before I drove it.

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HUH!!

 

HISSIN50

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Guero said:

Its like 3 days old.... Can It go bad?

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Might have been a bad one out of the box (or it went bad just that quick). I'd remove it and put it in a pot of water and see what it does. This is equivalent to the conditions it sees in the car but if it doesnt open in a pot of water, it would not open when in the car (the conditions in the cooling system are more stressful).

 

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was it put in backwards

 

Guero

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No the mr gasket T-stat wont fit backwards