cooling

[97rs4life]

Re: cooling

how to ''bleed the air out''

there is a little screw by the thermostat housing, you twist it and air will bleed out

[woswill]

Re: cooling

bleh.. i had my thermo replaced with abunch of other stuff about 2 months ago.. i added coolant, still runs hot. im gonna bring it to the shop that did it and make em give me a new one

[Smoke Panther]

Re: cooling

you do realize, unless you have a '98, the temp gauges in our cars are basically dummy gauges? the only time they're useful is if your temp spikes into the red-zone and the car shuts itself off

[woswill]

Re: cooling

mines a 98

[Smoke Panther]

Re: cooling

mines a 98

oh, i must have missed that in your previous posts.....


wait a sec

[fatcat]

Re: cooling

Does anybody have the instructions for the manual fan switch instalation they can post?

[Vanquish]

Re: cooling

Have you check for any leaks in your water pump, or noticed any small liquid on your passenger floor board. Whenever your heater core is about to go out the car likes to run a little hot because the water gets gunked up whenever it gets to the heater core. That and your thermo may be sticking (depending on how dirty your coolant system is) even though you said it was new.

Check your water pump for any leaks, or old age........and then change it to an electric water pump FTW! Then do a flush and fill and make sure that you bleed all the air out of the system and then see what it runs at.

I can't remember what type of thermo you said you were running, but maybe you want to try and drop down to a 180* thermo or possibly even lower, even though 180* is cold enough.

[woswill]

Re: cooling

Im not exactly sure whats causing it to run so hot, but today after i drove around to see if it still got hot after coolin.. i noticed the ''dont remove when hot'' coolant chrome cap (dunno the name) wasnt even hot.. but everything on the other side of the engine was

[Vanquish]

Re: cooling

Does anybody have the instructions for the manual fan switch instalation they can post?

Here ya go.

http://forum.camarov6.com/showthread.php?t=77114
And then click the link, or you can go straight to the site at:
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2197072/4

There is another write up somewhere on this board, that I find better then the one I posted. But I don't have the time to search for it right now. Do some searching on this board, I'm sure you will find it.

[fatcat]

Re: cooling

I put in a new 170 thermostat when I got the all the mods about a year ago. But even when everything was new it still ran at about 200.Now it doesn't run hot it just doesn't run any cooler than it did stock. Now granted I do live in southern Arizona,but still it should still run cooler than it does. If someone has the instuctions for the fan switch or any other tricks/tips and where to get them that would be cool.

[97rs4life]

Re: cooling

putting in a lower temp thermostat is not going to make it run any cooler. It just opens sooner and has coolant flowing quicker. Therefore slowing the process of heating up down. You need to change the fan settings or have a manual fan switch in order to keep your engine cooler.

[Vanquish]

Re: cooling

I put in a new 170 thermostat when I got the all the mods about a year ago. But even when everything was new it still ran at about 200.Now it doesn't run hot it just doesn't run any cooler than it did stock. Now granted I do live in southern Arizona,but still it should still run cooler than it does. If someone has the instuctions for the fan switch or any other tricks/tips and where to get them that would be cool.

Read my post above yours! I mean, when they say search, they actually mean use the search feature, but how are you going to ask a question that the answer was already given to you just one post above. sheesh!!!

[fatcat]

Re: cooling

I did the manual fan switch and wired it up like the instructions show.When I hit the low switch both fans come on low and when I hit the high switch one fan comes on really high,is that normal? I thought it was supposed to be the other way around.

[FirebirdGT]

Re: cooling

bleh.. i had my thermo replaced with abunch of other stuff about 2 months ago.. i added coolant, still runs hot. im gonna bring it to the shop that did it and make em give me a new one

Do you mean you added MORE Dex-cool? You may have TOO much. Get a coolant tester. Reading should be NO MORE than 265 degrees hot, which is a 50/50 mix. Too much Dex-cool makes you run HOTTER. Dex-cool has a lower thermal transfer than water. Also too much Dex-cool creates sludge.

http://www.theherd.com/articles/dex_cool.html

http://www.getahelmet.com/jeeps/maint/dexcool


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[FirebirdGT]

Re: cooling

putting in a lower temp thermostat is not going to make it run any cooler. It just opens sooner and has coolant flowing quicker. Therefore slowing the process of heating up down. You need to change the fan settings or have a manual fan switch in order to keep your engine cooler.

X2..


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