Thread: New 350 ran 10 minutes - radiator boiled...

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Check your bottom hose it may be colapsing. Also you got the right water pump???

Thanks CFFisher. I had to replace a lower hose that leaked, and the replacement doesn't have springs inside like the old one. Didn't think of that. As for the water pump, I had the guys at Lane Automotive pull one of the chrome Mr. Gasket ones off the shelf. (I thought being from Constantine you probably knew about Lane - I'm in Elkhart). Is there a way I can tell from the outside of the pump whether it is spinning the right way for my 350?

Thanks!

If there is a way I don't know it

before you start pullings heads and stuff off hobo, if you did not top off the rad. after the stat opened then its gonna run hot. if you did get it full of water after the stat opened, then you got other problems.

I agree with Mike, you didn't have it full of coolant.

Thanks guys. I didn't top it off, so I'll do that and I'll also see if I can put the springs into the replaced lower hose just in case it was collapsing. I just checked the catalog for the 1st gen camaros and the lower rad hose came stock with springs to prevent collapse.

The resources in this group are top notch. Thanks everyone...

Hobo