Topic: my 1990 runs above 230 degrees
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edgewood, NM - USA
Joined: 6/20/2015
Posts: 4
Vette(s): 92 lt-1 6 speed 163000 miles prior about 12 to 15 vettes
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Don't care if these motors are designed to run hot.. I haven't got the b*lls to run at these temps as you don't get a lot of warning of impending doom!
|UPDATED|7/13/2017 1:03:27 AM (AZT)|/UPDATED|
My fan failed a few years back, and the temp went really high past 250deg and dumped all the coolant out the expansion tank in a heartbeat.
..so,
It got a new fan, new water pump, new hoses, new rad cap (with a valve lever to burp air out safely), a thermostatic fan controller set for 90deg and a 160deg thermostat.
Now, on the hottest days here (37deg), I seldom see the temp over 185 even at 70mph on the motorway here in the UK or in slow traffic.
Be cool..
|UPDATED|7/13/2017 1:03:27 AM (AZT)|/UPDATED|
Been through the overheat thing. I replaced the rad with a stock rad and it now runs cool all time.
Cost was $250 did the work myself. We drove the Majove desert at 104 degrees outside, Temp guage
did not get to 1/2. Look for something simple first, before you get into adding switches and changing thermostats
and fiddling with fans. The rad that is in there is 27 years old, they gum up. Good luck
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