[Shotimes] Cooling system woes

[Donald Mallinson]

The thermostat is probably fine, but brand new ones have 
been known to stick open or closed.  There is a procedure to 
bleed the air from the system on SHOtimes.com.  Involves one 
of the hoses on the intake.

There really is NO need to drain any antifreeze from a SHO 
V6 when doing the thermostat.  You will loose only about a 
quart of fluid if that much.  Done it many times.

The jiggle valves are not absolutely necessary.

The system will eventually work the air out of the system, 
but do the bleed in SHOtimes and it will go faster.

Don Mallinson

Justin Jones wrote:

> Hope somone can help me out with this one,
>     SHO has been running cold now for well over 2-3 months and i have 
> finally gotten around to changing the T-stat. I siphoned off about a 
> gallon of coolant so it wouldn't be wasted when i pulled the water 
> outlet (which is now bright yello :) ).The replacement i purchased from 
> a certain vendor (not mentioning any names) fit right but did not have 
> any jiggle valves on it. I know there is supposed to be at least 1 if 
> not 2 jiggle valves on the piece but, i trust the vendor and figured it 
> should work regaurdless. Well i filled the resivior back up, and turned 
> her over. everything was great, she heated right up. And kept going, and 
> going and going. Now my temp gauge is pegged under normal driving at the 
> "N", which i know is far from normal. The upper radiator hose is filled 
> with air, i have yet to see it fill with water. So, did i get jipped on 
> the T-stat? Would a backflush properly get my system to cycle properly? 
> and i'm guessing keeping miles of the SHO in this state is definetly a 
> good idea? any help would be most helpful.
> 
> Doc
> A.K.A.
> Justin Jones
> 93/95 ATX 162,xxx
> 15.608 @ 88.1mph Nov '02
> pwned by the slushbox....
> 
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