[Z06] Water temp??
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Cruising
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From: dallas texas
Water temp??
Hello guys,
Yesterday I was driving my vette in 100 degree plus weather and had to stop in traffic for about 15 minutes or so. When I'm driving the temp is about 212 or so but when I stop it traffic it rises to 230. I was wondering if this is normal for he c5s. Or if you guys can tell me what your experisnce with your max temp in your car.
Thank you
Yesterday I was driving my vette in 100 degree plus weather and had to stop in traffic for about 15 minutes or so. When I'm driving the temp is about 212 or so but when I stop it traffic it rises to 230. I was wondering if this is normal for he c5s. Or if you guys can tell me what your experisnce with your max temp in your car.
Thank you
Melting Slicks
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Hello guys,
Yesterday I was driving my vette in 100 degree plus weather and had to stop in traffic for about 15 minutes or so. When I'm driving the temp is about 212 or so but when I stop it traffic it rises to 230. I was wondering if this is normal for he c5s. Or if you guys can tell me what your experisnce with your max temp in your car.
Thank you
Yesterday I was driving my vette in 100 degree plus weather and had to stop in traffic for about 15 minutes or so. When I'm driving the temp is about 212 or so but when I stop it traffic it rises to 230. I was wondering if this is normal for he c5s. Or if you guys can tell me what your experisnce with your max temp in your car.
Thank you
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Cruising
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From: dallas texas
427,
My buddy just bought a vette and wehave been looking for other guys with vette in the Dallas area. I sent him a message and his temp got to 248 yesterday! We'd be down to meet with everyone and have food and a few brews.
My buddy just bought a vette and wehave been looking for other guys with vette in the Dallas area. I sent him a message and his temp got to 248 yesterday! We'd be down to meet with everyone and have food and a few brews.
Melting Slicks
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I'd really consider a 160* t stat, and a tune to make the fans kick on at a lower temp. That'll help a bunch. If it still persist, and reservoir has the proper amount of coolant, the next things to consider will be the water pump (they're pretty cheap these days Scoggins dickey has them for $110) and radiator.
Melting Slicks
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From: Springhill FL
230s is nothing to worry about as the fans wont even kick on until that temp under certain conditions. 248 would concern me. I bet there is a bunch of junk stuck in the radiatior and AC condenser. These cars are bottom feeders, getting air for cooling right off the road. So they suck up everything! It may be time to pull the radiatior covers and clean it all out.
I recently had my radiator out as part of my turbo build and it was covered in grass and leaves. The kicker is that I had just cleaned it all less than 2 years and 5k miles ago when I did my cam swap!
Not sure if that pic will work. Trying to post a link from my phone =/
I recently had my radiator out as part of my turbo build and it was covered in grass and leaves. The kicker is that I had just cleaned it all less than 2 years and 5k miles ago when I did my cam swap!
Not sure if that pic will work. Trying to post a link from my phone =/
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Huh??? When the engine overheats, the s.o.p. is to turn on the heater full blast. I don't know where you got your info from but it's incorrect; any rookie mechanic can tell you that. By the way, if I'm sitting in traffic, with 100 degree heat, my coolant temp goes to 220-225.
Melting Slicks
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Huh??? When the engine overheats, the s.o.p. is to turn on the heater full blast. I don't know where you got your info from but it's incorrect; any rookie mechanic can tell you that. By the way, if I'm sitting in traffic, with 100 degree heat, my coolant temp goes to 220-225.
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Hello guys,
Yesterday I was driving my vette in 100 degree plus weather and had to stop in traffic for about 15 minutes or so. When I'm driving the temp is about 212 or so but when I stop it traffic it rises to 230. I was wondering if this is normal for he c5s. Or if you guys can tell me what your experisnce with your max temp in your car.
Thank you
Yesterday I was driving my vette in 100 degree plus weather and had to stop in traffic for about 15 minutes or so. When I'm driving the temp is about 212 or so but when I stop it traffic it rises to 230. I was wondering if this is normal for he c5s. Or if you guys can tell me what your experisnce with your max temp in your car.
Thank you
I read that you can install a manual high speed fan controller so that might be an option for you if you drive often in 100 degree plus weather.
Melting Slicks
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Guys, if you don't have a lower temp thermostat in, I encourage you to get one. I doubt you'll see temps anywhere near the numbers discussed here. Yes, are cars being bottom feeders do heat up due to picking up air off of the hot asphalt, but temps over 200 happen next to never for me and I'm here in Texas with a stock radiator, head, cam, header car.
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Guys, if you don't have a lower temp thermostat in, I encourage you to get one. I doubt you'll see temps anywhere near the numbers discussed here. Yes, are cars being bottom feeders do heat up due to picking up air off of the hot asphalt, but temps over 200 happen next to never for me and I'm here in Texas with a stock radiator, head, cam, header car.
thermostats only control how cold your car runs, not how hot
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Huh??? When the engine overheats, the s.o.p. is to turn on the heater full blast. I don't know where you got your info from but it's incorrect; any rookie mechanic can tell you that. By the way, if I'm sitting in traffic, with 100 degree heat, my coolant temp goes to 220-225.
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Huh??? When the engine overheats, the s.o.p. is to turn on the heater full blast. I don't know where you got your info from but it's incorrect; any rookie mechanic can tell you that. By the way, if I'm sitting in traffic, with 100 degree heat, my coolant temp goes to 220-225.
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Huh??? When the engine overheats, the s.o.p. is to turn on the heater full blast. I don't know where you got your info from but it's incorrect; any rookie mechanic can tell you that. By the way, if I'm sitting in traffic, with 100 degree heat, my coolant temp goes to 220-225.
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that is pretty normal as long as the temp drops once you get moving again...as far as the cleaning goes every c5/c6 vette owner should clean between the ac cond. and rad. to knock all the stuff that stuck in there..pretty easy to do , also If your coolant has not be changed out I would drain as much as you can and replace with new dexcool that will help out as well!
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Just something too consider.
Mark.
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True if your radiator has the copasity to cool, but the stock radiator doesn't. Once the temp goes above the thermostat opening temp, the coolent just continues to circulate passing thru the radiator and not getting cooled enough to lower the temp. This is called heatsoaking and will eventually over heat the coolant.
Just something too consider.
Mark.
Just something too consider.
Mark.
AC on recirculate.
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Huh??? When the engine overheats, the s.o.p. is to turn on the heater full blast. I don't know where you got your info from but it's incorrect; any rookie mechanic can tell you that. By the way, if I'm sitting in traffic, with 100 degree heat, my coolant temp goes to 220-225.
Back to the Zo6 temps.....
My temps are always lower w the a/c off than on by far!
I have a 160 stat and tuned for the fans to come on sooner than GM has set and w the a/c ON my temps hit 212
W the a/c off they hit 190 I just tested this yesterday in Ohio, we had our hottest day yet this year of 99