Thread: Problem with radiator cooling

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WOW, still confused on this cooling system .I replaced the thermostat and found that something with the thermostat went real bad.I pulled the housing off of the intake to find the thermostat was rusted and got sucked up into the housing WTF!I got some needle nose pliers and pried it out and replaced with the new one.I put it in the way it shows in my book.Temp comes up to 190 now.???

At this temp I checked the mixture with the 5 ball tester ,all the balls stay at the bottom of the tester.???? I can see the plus and minus signs and now how to read that ,but dont know if 1 ball is supposed to rise ,all 5 ,the instructions do not say.


THIRD, now I was inpspecting the thermostat and the old one shows that it went in the opposite way of the its shown in the book.The book shows the sring going into the intake.The old one says (to rad) showing on the spring side .


I jsut pulled the thermostat back off and the new one shows also (motor to radiator) stamping on the spring side.I guess I will install it with the spring faceing up.

Thanks for any advice

Thanks for the help .the tester did not come with those instructions .Thats wierd ,I know i have put 2 gallons of antifreeze when the fuild was allready green.dont remember when I put water ,just anti freeze.