[Shotimes] Cooling system woes

[Steve Weinrich]

By the way, you didn't install the t-stat backwards, did you?  You know,
sometimes products are defective from the manufacturer.  Most vendors are
very good about exchanging defective merchandise as this is critical for
customer satisfaction.

DO NOT assume that the engine is running too hot based only on the in-dash
guage.

The proper thermostat is a 195F.  That means it starts opening at 195F.

During normal operation of the engine, its temp will be regulated by the
thermostat and the cooling fans and will stay between 205 and 210 under
typical conditions.

The only way to tell for certain if your operating temp is correct or not is
to measure it.

Santa brought me one ot those nifty Sears IR thermometers (about $50).  Cool
little tool and it takes ALL the guesswork of of situations like this.

The jiggle valves are not necessary.  They do, however, speed the purging of
air bubbles from the cooling system.

Steve

----- Original Message -----
From: "Justin Jones" <dr_jones35@hotmail.com>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 9:29 AM
Subject: [Shotimes] Cooling system woes


> 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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