Need help with overheating at idle.

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Old 09-11-2016, 07:25 PM
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Changed intake manifold. Still the same. Running out of parts to change. Maybe its time for that exorcist.
 
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Old 09-12-2016, 08:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Milan
I had a 180 and that's when I went down to the 160 I will try 190 to see if that's gets any better by the way how much vacuum are you pulling at idle mine sits about 1
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I pulled the plugs and they are white which tells me its running too lean. I changed the jets from a 55 to 65. A little better but still too lean.
Did you try a 190 thermostat or mess more with the jets?
Your vacuum is at 1 at idle, what vacuum port are you checking that at? For fun, I would try hooking up a temperature gauge on the intake manifold. The stock position for the temp sensor, in the head, is between exhaust ports. Hot running exhaust, especially with headers, can heat up the heads and affect the temperature reading. With the sending unit in the head, you're more reading head temperature, whereas in the intake manifold reads the temperature of the coolant that's flowing through the engine. In your case, since you have the one gauge, I would add a second temp gauge permanently so you can monitor both head temperature and a more realistic coolant temperature.
 
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Old 09-12-2016, 09:15 AM
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Turns out I had a bad vacuum gauge new vacuum gauge shows 11 inches change thermostat to a 190 change the Jets from 55 to 65 electrical temp gauge mounted into thermostat housing mounted a mechanical temp gauge right into the manifold both gauges read the same
 
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