Hi all, I'm trying to get some basic info regarding how my cooling system works, or should work. I have a totally new system, including motor, heater core, water pump, hoses and radiator. 1- How does
I looked this up for a friend, and it said pressurising a system to 15 PSI raised the boiling temp 45 degrees. I don't know if this included 50/50 antifreeze/warer or not. The water/antifreeze mixtur
Ideal set up is half the fan inside the shroud, half outside. Yours sounds close, so I'm not sure how much improvement will be seen. I'd also get a flex fan that is close to the diameter of the shrou
My understanding is that at 180 degrees the t-stat will pop open. You can take one an put in a pot of boiling water and watch its operations, be sure to put a thermometer in there for temp references
Thanks to everyone who has replied so far. To answer your question Wayne, the motor definitely cools off when I'm cruising. The stock gauge is in the front of the motor, while the autometer is in the
My Dad was a great Chevy shade tree mechanic. I helped him completely rebuild a 37 Chevy which had gone thru the Vanport (Portland OR area) flood in 1948. He would take a suspect thermostat,and a the
If the temp drops down to a respectable level when driving, appears there's nothing actually wrong with your system. Since it goes up while setting still it would appear that there is not enough air
A couple of years ago I saw a GMC 370 LCF with a 5.9 L. Cummins diesel installed. He used an electric cooling fan, or maybe two. He said they worked great. Abt the only thing bad I've heard abt elect
I would suggest first off to replace the stock fan with a good quality flex fan. Usually this will cure a "running warm" situation if all else is OK. I'm not a big fan of going all electric. Haven't
I just went thru major problems with overheating on my new 59 TF w/ a 235 six. Afer a new radiator, and t'stat, it still over heated. The previous owner had replaced the stock radiator cap with a 16p
In my 59 GMC 6-cyl one of my fanblades broke off while driving, (thank God I wasn't under the hood working on it!!) so I grabbed my saw and cut the blade off of the opposite side, so then I had a pro