Break In Overheating

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  1. stevelonie

    stevelonie Member

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    I ran cold water from a hose at the same rate as the open radiator drain. The tomp stayed at 190 steadily for 30 minutes so I had my break in.I'm going to try a shroud from my old 85 E150.It may be to big, I haven't looked at it yet but it may work at least temporarily.I'll be searching for a longer spacer too. I'm sure the head gasket is on right and I can see the thermostate is working.
    The extra heat from the breakin should be at a minimum now. I'll let you know.Thanks guys Stevelonie
     
    stevelonie, Oct 30, 2004
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    Maverick Man The Original Maverick Man

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    also try a high flow thermostat! you can't go wrong with one of those.. night and day differance!
     
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    I had an over heating problem as well, one way to cool down the car is to put water on the rad, but that only really works when the car is stopped. I'd say pick up a flex fan and maybe think about getting your rad rebuilt. My car originally came with the stright six rad which is a bit small to cool a 302, so i had mine rebuilt with 3 rows rather then the stock 2, plus i upgraded from a steel four blade fan to an aluminum 6 blade flex fan and i was shocked at how much more air was moved by the fan. Also make sure your fans on the right way. It needs to suck air through the rad and not blow air onto the rad. I agree with stevelonie, get a high flow thermostat, i have one too, works great. as soon as my car hits 160 it opens up and the needle just stays there. If i sit for a long time or get my foot into it a bunch it'll go up to like 180. Try to keep the car under 200 if you can, I wouldn't want to go past 230 or you could blow a head gasket. Same thing with the rad cap don't get a really high pressure cap or you could blow a rad hose if the pressure gets to high.
     
    Camtemple, Oct 30, 2004
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    Dont they make aluminum rads for our cars for around $200? Thats the way I plan on going. I have had so many cars that loved to run warm with stock rads. Im tired of fighting with temps.

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    They do make aluminum rads and they really are nice, I'm not sure how much they cost but im fairly certin they arn't to pricey. I had a website of ones that other mav' owners got aluminum radiators from but i can't find it anymore.... :mad:
    For me i'd want to make sure i was doing everything else to cool the rad before switching to aluminum. The aluminum rad is a good step to keeping a car cool, but you have to find out why the cars getting so hot first, or else you'll have the same problem with an aluminum rad.
     
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