Thread: need help guys!!!!!!!!!!

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i have no way to open the front any more than it is,
if i let the car set and idle 15 min or more with the hood open the temp still starts climbing , just not as fast!!
could it be the rad. in not big enough? or could the radiant heat coming off the headers be enough to heat the engine bay up & therefore over heat the engine? would wraping the headers with header insulation wrap help? it supposedly lowers engine bay heat by 70%??
or is this most likely a radiator issue.

Try some easy things 1st, pull the thermostat see what it does worse or better, my caddy motor has a small rad in the t bucket and wanted to heat with the thermostat in it ,took it out and it helped a lot, also is a easy thing to try , maybe a problem thermostat now.
2nd pull the hood and see what it does at speed, worked fine before so what happened to change the setup, the hood? any way of mounting hood so some air can eascape?wrapping the headers may help but thats only underhood heat which may not affect the overall heating problem

Originally Posted by canadianal

Try some easy things 1st, pull the thermostat see what it does worse or better, my caddy motor has a small rad in the t bucket and wanted to heat with the thermostat in it ,took it out and it helped a lot, also is a easy thing to try , maybe a problem thermostat now.
2nd pull the hood and see what it does at speed, worked fine before so what happened to change the setup, the hood? any way of mounting hood so some air can eascape?wrapping the headers may help but thats only underhood heat which may not affect the overall heating problem

even when the guage reads 225 & the engine starts vapor locking, then radiator has never boiled over or "puked" , it has a 18psi cap , running 90% water, 10% anit-freeze & water wetter

Originally Posted by hottrodd57

even when the guage reads 225 & the engine starts vapor locking, then radiator has never boiled over or "puked" , it has a 18psi cap , running 90% water, 10% anit-freeze & water wetter

man !! i keep spelling "gauge" wrong, it's my darn dog's name & I KNOW HOW TO SPELL IT

Originally Posted by hottrodd57

man !! i keep spelling "gauge" wrong, it's my darn dog's name & I KNOW HOW TO SPELL IT

looks ok with me but i can not spell

Do you have a shroud on the radiator? Does the lower radiator hose have an internal spring so it won't collapse?

1) Check temp gauge.

2) Did it ever boil over, that is puke out the rad cap? Sometimes an engine show hot, but unless it pukes out the rad cap, it mat not be a problem.

3) double check thermostat??