Pace Car won't Pace
#11
Make sure you have the correct thermostat, 195 degrees. A lower temperature thermostat (or no thermostat at all) will make it run hotter, not cooler, because the water doesn't stay in the radiator long enough to cool.
#12
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Eastern PA,
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The flow being to fast is a function of high RPMs. A car without a thermostat sitting at idle is not going to flow water so fast it can not cool. Anyone who has been forced to go with no thermostat for a week in the north knows it is tuff to even get the water warm enough to defrost your windshield at idle. A motor running a 6500 RPMs for extended amounts of time can have issues.
#13
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Eastern PA,
Posts: 10,357
No need to do this more then once. Even then its risky. If you don't get all the oil out you risk hydro locking the motor. That would put a lot of stress on the piston, rods and rod bearings and could cause major internal damage to the motor.
#14
Back to Cooling
All, we had the radiator re-cored for $600. Have had it blasting up and down the highway in 85 degree temps and it just barely gets to a quarter on the console temp gauge. Problem solved. Thanks all the thoughts and help.
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