Thermostat Question
Team Owner
Joined: May 2002
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From: San Diego , CA Double Yellow DirtBags 1985..Z51..6-speed
Whenever I see this posted I can't help but imagine a guy poking around under the front end of the car with a garden hose.This will do nothing to clear the radiator, that's your a/c condensor there. The radiator is the one behind it with 4 plastic shopping bags and 22 bird feathers stuck on it. Shroud has to come off, it takes some elbow grease to clean the radiator.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Mar 2004
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From: Ft. Lauderdale Fl
Several years ago, I had an overheating problem. Talk about throwing parts at a problem, I did.
1. Changed thermostat (160)
2. Changed hoses (both)
3. Purchased a "big mouth air dam"
4. Flush coolant and replace with 50/50 mixture & burped system
5. Pulled and cleaned radiator
6. Changed to new radiator cap
and more.
Turned out I had a bad (stuck) thermostat.
Needed a new thermostat and hoses anyway. The rest was just trial and error. My bad.
Runs now at 170-174 highway and 190-199 in heavy traffic.
1. Changed thermostat (160)
2. Changed hoses (both)
3. Purchased a "big mouth air dam"
4. Flush coolant and replace with 50/50 mixture & burped system
5. Pulled and cleaned radiator
6. Changed to new radiator cap
and more.
Turned out I had a bad (stuck) thermostat.
Needed a new thermostat and hoses anyway. The rest was just trial and error. My bad.
Runs now at 170-174 highway and 190-199 in heavy traffic.
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Joined: Jun 2005
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From: In a 1995 M6 Coupe, speeding through Connecticut
Yeah, I did it right last fall before it went away for the winter. It's had less than 500 miles put on it since then and it is visibly clean except for a few oak leaves that I removed.
Team Owner
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 24,337
Likes: 25
From: San Diego , CA Double Yellow DirtBags 1985..Z51..6-speed
Several years ago, I had an overheating problem. Talk about throwing parts at a problem, I did.
1. Changed thermostat (160)
2. Changed hoses (both)
3. Purchased a "big mouth air dam"
4. Flush coolant and replace with 50/50 mixture & burped system
5. Pulled and cleaned radiator
6. Changed to new radiator cap
.
1. Changed thermostat (160)
2. Changed hoses (both)
3. Purchased a "big mouth air dam"
4. Flush coolant and replace with 50/50 mixture & burped system
5. Pulled and cleaned radiator
6. Changed to new radiator cap
.
