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I have purged the air out of the system countless times with heater on full blast, following the instructions in the service manual, as well as other tips and tricks I've learned from research on this site. I usually never let the temps get into the 230s however this time I wanted to see if it...
Yes the block and head were both machined, block was decked to accommodate MLS head gasket and head was resurfaced. Ill pressure test the coolant system as soon as I can. I didn't see any air bubbles when I did the leak down test but I will for sure try your trick
The leak down test I performed was to hook up the air compressor to the cylinders via a cylinder compression tester, each cylinder held pressure but only tested for about a min or so with the rad cap off looking for bubbles. Fans are stock. Exhaust is not white at start up or any other time...
So I've been slowly trying to track down the source to my cooling problems. Started after the engine rebuild "6 bolt swap", the car wouldn't go over 200 degrees at idle with the fans always on, coolant topped off with about 50% in the reservoir. I had a new gates water pump, new oem t stat and...
Id start with the easier stuff first. Check plugs, wires, and coil packs. Just my 2 cents, I'm am not an expert I did some research and there are a few possible causes "listed above"