so i have a 95 firebird 3.4 5 speed and i got a few questions, the bigest one i have is i replaced my radiator about christmas time and ever since then my car runs real hott the temp gauge just keeps climbing but then if i crank the heater up it will go down to about 210 230 somewhere around there its never over heated because wen it starts getting close ill turn up the heat its not low on coolant ive checked i replaced the thermostat and it still does it any ideas even if they are a shot in the dark would be great. i dunno if it would have any thing to do with it but i didnt use dexcool coolant i used just some store brand most ppl i talked to said it shouldnt matter bnut i dunno,


second my car wenever i go over a bump hits real loud in the back pass side more so wen i have alot of ppl i dunno if its just the shock going out or wat but i cringe every time it happens is it the shock u think?

third my a/c clutch went out awhile ago and instead of buyin a new one i just welded the clutch to the pulley i tryed pulling the whole thing off but couldnt get it i was gonna get a bypass pulley for that how hard are those to put on any help on any of these would be great.[align=left] [/align]

 

The coolant mix is a bad move. They will not work together, and your car was designed for dexcool. Flush the system, and refill it with the proper coolant.

 

oh yeah...coolant mix is not a smart move, thats prolly the problem..if not, id check to the thermostat, it might not be opening correctly

 

1. DON'T mix coolant k? Bad idea :$ Makes your engine do stupid **** lol.

2. Loose hanger on exhaust maybe?

3. I honestly have never messed with it... If the AC messes up... I throw it out and get a new one... FIrst problem is usually a sign of A LOT of them lol... (Did the same with my engine... Piston ring went bye bye... So I just bought a new engine lmao.)

 

id say take a/c out
weight loss ftw!!
and the boom your cars prolly bottoming out when you hit a bump, new shocks should do it

 

alright will do with the coolant
and how bout the bypass pulley anyone have one of those?

 

http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/rafr...p;a=FR42-34155

 

how hard is it to swap one of these out for the compressor?/?
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The hardest part of swapping it with the compressor would be removing the compressor and such. Installing that itself should be straight forward.

 

yeah...removing lines and compressors a *****