laytonkopplin

what should I do about high temp's I have been hitting temp's as high as 260 to 280 and up sometimes. Its driving me crazy what can I do?

midyearvette

first, verify the readings with an infrared indicator before you do anything else to check the gauge calibration....

Roughrider

If your reading is correct...as the previous poster said, make sure there's actually a problem beyond a bad sending unit or gauge...then what are the conditions the car is running so hot?

If it's only happening at highway speeds, you may need a new lower radiator hose...the coil spring inside it could be rusted away and allowing the hose to collapse under vacuum.

The radiator cap could be bad and not holding pressure.

Are the seals around the radiator present? Is the air deflector under the front end in place? They're both critical to maintaining engine temps.

Your cooling system could have a restriction or an air bubble that needs bled out.

Your fan clutch could be bad or as simple as loose belts.

You could be low on coolant.

The radiator could have lots of bugs and/or debris covering the fins and causing air flow to be restricted.

Lots of things can contribute to the problem. Start with the most basic things, confirm or eliminate them as causes and go from there.

hugie82

Running 260 or 280??? You would be puking antifreeze all over the road. If your car isn't boiling over start with checking the water level and the gauge...

Leung

That happened to me once...checked the overflow tank the next morning and it was almost empty.

MotorHead

Don't drive it until you find out what is wrong you could ruin your motor

Jeffery73

I would check your gauge. I've never seen a small block get that hot without blowing head gaskets.

Lemans Blue 69

Your joking to ask such a question on this forum without giving any details of what has been done by you or others to resolve your issue. Take it to your local mechanic and have the system checked out if you can't resolve it own your own.

Then post the cure.

I'm begining to feel like the bad guy here but some posts just seem to be fruitless. (Worthless)

C3 4ME

I'd have to agree, that if it's really running that hot, you need to park the car until you get the problem corrected. You're gonna do some damage driving at that high of a temperature.

Avette4me

Evidently, someone pissed you off.

There were some decent suggestions offered in this post. Here's one in case you missed it....

Lemans Blue 69

I read it and am not upset. Your terminology (pissed off). Just that it seems that 1 out of ten posts are interesting reads and the rest seem to come from individuals who have nothing better to do.

Thank you for your opinion.

laytonkopplin

no it just happened like when I drive around town going like 45 mph max it stays around 205 max but when I drive it up to washington D.C. it jumps up to like 260 to 280 but I'm driving like 75 mph no **** it just happened two days ago and its driving me crazy and I haven't done anything about it yet because I had surgery yesterday and bethesda national naval medicial hospital cept me over night and now I'm home and its all I can think about so I'm looking for help

Avette4me

Yea, the interweb can be like that...

Roughrider

Not to make light of your problem, but every time I drive into DC my temperature goes up too...I used to work in town and that city and the idiots that reside and (pretend to) work in some of those stately white buildings drive me crazy with their arrogance and pontification.

FedorC3

how easy is it to see the level? mine looks empty, but i am not sure. plus i cant get that cap off to check! btw my car runs just under 150 when warm

laytonkopplin

again my buddy and I went out last night and the engine was just at 205 in town this is going to drive me nuts I'm starting to think it was a misread on my temp.

noonie

The first response suggested you verify your temp gauge readings since you posted unusually high temps.

Post back after you have done that and you'll probably receive lots of pertinant help.