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blade
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runing hot

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i don't know what the problem is but my 87 seems to be running quite hot i ve changed the radcap the thermostat and the temp gage but t is still hot the oil is fine and im not loseing rad fluid what can i do?

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Re: runing hot

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How long since you've flushed the cooling system? Could be a partial blockage of some sort, somewhere in your system, and a good flushing could help alleviate the overheating problem.

What is the temperature rating of the new thermostat you installed? Mine's 180 degrees. Suppose you could try a 170 degree thermostat?
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Re: runing hot

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didn't you had you engine replace and rebuild to not long ago, did you had motor tested by running it for fifteen min before buy it , or same motor since you bought the car .
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the cooling system has been flished and we did test the motor and it never did this and i just cant figure it out thereis some thing going wrong some were but when i had the front skid plate off it ran cool but when it is on it is hot.my thermostat is 180 as well.
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Re: runing hot

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blade wrote:the cooling system has been flished and we did test the motor and it never did this and i just cant figure it out thereis some thing going wrong some were but when i had the front skid plate off it ran cool but when it is on it is hot.my thermostat is 180 as well.
Any chance you removed or bumped the electrical connection to the bottom of the radiator when removing the skid plate? - it controls the radiator fan.
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Re: runing hot

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well after taking the car apart i found out that the origanl tempgage was shot so it was reading hot but the car is actualy runing just right, now i have a new mechanical gage and plan on getting a oil and a volt gage. The connector is sill puged in and the fan is hard wiered in and working.
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