Re: temperature problem?

Posted by Mark Hill On 2013/6/1 15:56:22

There are two issues here with the cap. I thought that the rad cap might be an problem, so I changed it for a new 7 lb cap that I had. For whatever reason, I didn't even look at the height of it. My bad! It was short. And the cap I took off was a STANT R6. So it's incorrect also. So, off to the parts store to get the correct cap and take it for a drive and see what happens. If this corrects things, great! I had the car running with the rad cap off, and waited for the stat to open. Saw some movement in the coolant. I had my wife run the RPM's up a bit, and saw more movement, but to me, I think there should be more. So if I need to pull the pump, can anybody give me a measurement of the impeller, from the back to the end of the blade? I also wonder if some of the holes in the impeller are plugged. Also while I'm there, I'll back flush the rad. As far as the polarity of the car and the ignition coil, it is not reversed, and wasn't when I bought it.

EDIT: Now a couple of hours later, I have found out the STANT R6 could be correct. Stants web site does not identify the R6 number, but will identify it by the car and gives a new number of 10206. They also cross it over to the following: Carquest - 33003, NAPA - 703-1411, Gates - 31306.