71 454 pressure testing cooling system
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[QUOTE=Dane Laney;1590039298]yes sir,, I didn't forget to do that,, I think it was just the seals on the sides,, brain freeze,, I am going to go for a ride today finally to see what happens,, I have it at 180 degrees at mid afternoon warm at idle, and that's where it ran before,, it did drop down to 160 on interstate I am now remembering that,, I never had the front spoilers to put more air into the radiator,, there was never a need but I always wanted too,, so eventually that will happen,, hopefully it will run the same temps it always did and everything will be fine,, thanks for your interest and help[/QUOTE It started out a bit hotter then the other day, idling around 190 deg, slowly it heated up on the interstate to 210 at that point I stopped to cool it down to get back home,, something is still not right,, I don't see how an aluminum 3 row radiator wont cool as well as stock older copper radiator,, I don't think its the radiator,, but I could be wrong,, I will keep checking,, the pressure test when warm seems to be ok,, didn't leak down too much, I will remove the shroud and see if that's the problem with it heating up on interstate, eventually the problem will be found
