CAR overheating!
Team Owner
Joined: Feb 2006
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From: San Antonio Texas
Your fine spray leak probably came after you had one of the hoses off from the T-stat change. Look around the throttle bypass hoses and check your waterpump connections for a leaky or loose hose clamp. While the engine is cold, feel under the waterpump for coolant leak out of the little weep hole. If it's damp, wipe it dry, then warm up the car and check it again after it cools off. You don't want antifreeze dripping out of a failing waterpump and going onto that Optispark distributor. If it gets inside there, it'll be replacement time pretty quick! If the pump is bad, that's a real good time to replace or do cap & rotor on the optispark since you have to pull the pump to fix one anyway. Hope for dryness under there!
3rd Gear
Joined: May 2011
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From: Odenville AL.
I appreciate the response. I truly have no expectations of buying a motor with the temp having came down with the new TS haveing been installed and the temp. where it is.
3rd Gear
Joined: May 2011
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From: Odenville AL.
Replacing the water pump and the TS and making sure the radiator is clean with a new air filter. Thank you for the information and I will keep in touch.
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Racer
Joined: May 2009
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Yea we ended up doing this ourselves.
still hasn't run yet, time is short these days but its close.
To give a brief list of what we did.
-95 LT1 engine with a 95 zf6 trans. (converting from auto)
-replaced most bushings with polyester
-new ball joints
-rear gears change from 2.59 to 3.54
-LT1 exhaust
And in the process fixed little details like new rack and pinion boots (old ones were ripped). Finally got E-brake to work, etc.
just need fuel pump relay hooked up and hook up vacuum lines/EVAP system correctly which seem challenging right now.
IVe got some pictures i'll post!
Oh and havent seen the girl since.. LOL thats ok though she'll be missing out
Race Director
Joined: Dec 2000
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From: El Paso Texas
