Re: Running hot

Posted by Bobby On 2012/9/14 11:00:59

Jeff, I like the idea of you investing in one of those small, cheap laser pointer temp gauges and see what the actual coolant temp is. It's really hard to tell if this an actual overheating issue or a gauge malfunction. When a car overheats, you know it: Leaking coolant, steam, the whole Cecil B. Demille production you see at the side of the road with OTHER people.

T-Stats are cheap and easy, go get a new one. They're made of a special metal that expands when hot, which opens the valve, allowing the coolant to flow. Typically, they either work or they don't, they don't go back and forth btw'n open and closed when hot. That sounds more like an electrical issue with either the sending unit or the gauge itself...or maybe lots of crud moving around in the radiator and plugging it up. It's a new radiator with new, properly blended 50/50 coolant, right?