99bluegst
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- Mar 10, 2010
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houston,
Texas
ok just wanter to share some experience here,
I just build my motor and changed everything except the water pump
300 miles later my radiator gave up on me but before that my coolant temperature never saw 213 F*. So I got new oem style radiator from oreilly and put it all back together with a new thermostat and filled up with 50/50 water.
So I start driving the car on highway and after 20 minutes driving at 60/70 mph
I see 219, i was WFT what is going on here, . Since then every time I get out the highway my car starts to heat up and my a/c fan will kick on at 223F then just keep on going high. So by then I already replaced my sequent thermostat and still don't open cause the lower rad hose still so cold even at 223F.
So then I went to home depot to get some shit to make my FMIC ducting for better cooling, so i finish all up and went for a test drive on the highway and now i see 213 while driving and slowly raising but then again i get out the freeway and start heating up again.
I got to my friends house and change another thermostat with no luck.
By then I already start thinking that the water is slipping at idle so i let the car warm up till 210 when the fan kicks in and still my lower hose still cold and the upper hot like normal so hurry up and shut off the car and drain the coolant and take off the thermostat and i notice my thermostat was fully open then i realize that the water pump was not doing what it suppose too.
Tomorrow ill be doing the water pump and keep you guys updated for the results
I just build my motor and changed everything except the water pump
300 miles later my radiator gave up on me but before that my coolant temperature never saw 213 F*. So I got new oem style radiator from oreilly and put it all back together with a new thermostat and filled up with 50/50 water.
So I start driving the car on highway and after 20 minutes driving at 60/70 mph
I see 219, i was WFT what is going on here, . Since then every time I get out the highway my car starts to heat up and my a/c fan will kick on at 223F then just keep on going high. So by then I already replaced my sequent thermostat and still don't open cause the lower rad hose still so cold even at 223F.
So then I went to home depot to get some shit to make my FMIC ducting for better cooling, so i finish all up and went for a test drive on the highway and now i see 213 while driving and slowly raising but then again i get out the freeway and start heating up again.
I got to my friends house and change another thermostat with no luck.
By then I already start thinking that the water is slipping at idle so i let the car warm up till 210 when the fan kicks in and still my lower hose still cold and the upper hot like normal so hurry up and shut off the car and drain the coolant and take off the thermostat and i notice my thermostat was fully open then i realize that the water pump was not doing what it suppose too.
Tomorrow ill be doing the water pump and keep you guys updated for the results
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