Ok sounds good I’ll get the radiator then. My condenser is a little dented up but I don’t think it’d restrict that much flow. I’ll see what happens with the radiator and hopefully I don’t have to replace the condenser too. I’ll see if I can straighten out some of the dents with a pick or something.You shouldn’t need the 180 thermostat the stock one is fine. The radiator should help. Also make sure the fins on your AC condenser are not all bent up restricting air to the radiator (very common). Another thing to look for is that all the air damns are in place. LMR sales replacements for them.
It’s the stock gauge. It’s always read right in the middle of normal but ever since I fixed the compressor and drive with the ac on now it reads just a tick before the red line at the top when the ac is on. I also replaced the coolant temp sender a few months ago so I know that’s not faulty.A 180* thermostat likely will not lower the temp or help with overheating, unless there is a problem with the stat that's there now, are you reading the stock gauge or an aftermarket one?
It’s the stock clutch fan and stock radiator from what I can tell.Do you have the stock clutch fan or electric fans? Define overheating? Stock gauge isn't necessarily accurate. Mine would read dead middle for approx. 200 deg. I changed my sender and now the same approx 200 deg is one line higher.
If you have one of those IR temp guns, shoot the driver side rad tank when you think you are overheating. If 210 or less, you have no issue.
If you can straighten the bent fins on the condenser that would help your A.C too.
Ok I’ll check that too. So it should or shouldn’t spin easy when parked?See if your fan clutch spins easy when parked. Mine was replaced and it made a huge difference. I bet thats the problem. They are old.
So I just tried spinning the fan. The car is off and is completely cold hasn’t started in a few days. The fan had some resistance on it. It wasn’t that hard to spin but it probably stopped itself after about 2.5 blades passed. Is this normal or is it bad?The fan should spin easily when engine is cold, air flow through the radiator makes the clutch react to temp.
the stock gauge is good but an aftermarket gauge with numbers is better, iirc the stock gauge only has a 150* number sweep so 25* is a lot of movement on it, not uncommon for the engine temp to rise 15-20* in traffic with the ac on. I mounted an aftermarket gauge just under the dash so I can peek at the numbers and compare that to where the stock gauge is reading, I was surprised at how far the stock needle moved with only a few degrees of engine temp changed.
I put the gauge under the dash at my left knee, they make a pillar gauge pod for aftermarket gauges but I'm cheap and had the little chrome gauge things already.
It’s gotta be the fan clutch like you guys said. Took it for another ride and it only overheats when I’m at a stop and the ac is on. If I start moving it starts to cool and the temp goes down. Then when I got home I did a test I saw on YouTube where I stuck a magazine in the fan and it stopped it. I also noticed that the fan spins a lot more weaker when the car is up to temp. I’ll change the clutch and see if that fixes it!Pretty much normal.
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