Re: My car still runs too hot,,,,
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You've done almost everything except add a fan shroud. Almost all cars use them today and many mfgs even used them back in the day. Packard never saw the need but I'd be curious if your mechanic thought adding a universal shroud would help your situation. There has to be a lot of inefficiency with the fan being a fair distance away and only pulling air thru the center of the radiator.
Posted on: 2013/8/9 21:45
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Good efforts on your part and good advice from Howard. I hate to be preaching the same mantra, but check to make sure your manifold heat control valve not stuck closed. Also check to make sure distributor vacuum advance is working and that it is not retarded. Try hooking it to manifold vacuum instead of ported vacuum from carburetor.
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Posted on: 2013/8/9 22:00
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I might add a couple of thoughts as well. Try using premium fuel, if your car is pinging. Pre-ignition is the cause of pinging, as well as a mistimed distributor (a pinging engine runs hotter).
Also make sure you're coolant is a 50/50 blend of coolant and water. If you're running 100% coolant, that could result in the car running hot as well. You might think about changing the coolant if it is as old as you said (three years). I hope this helps. One other thing, adjusting the carb air/fuel mixture, only affects the car at idle. The internal pathways and jets handle the mixture above idle.
Posted on: 2013/8/9 22:22
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You stated that your radiator reads 212 all over -if working properly it should read cooler at the bottom. I would investigate flow through the radiator
Posted on: 2013/8/10 6:45
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Heres what you need. See pic. THEN decide what needs to done. .in terms of the ping i think u need a wakeup call from from 1956 to 2013. Fuel!!!!!!!! However since i ca not here the ping i may be off base. Note that the cooler an enhine runs the more gas milrage will suffer.
In any case you need to know the numbers. Thats what it id all about sooner or latter. Get rid of the toys. The clock, factory temp gauge, and the buck rogers ray gun.
Posted on: 2013/8/10 11:09
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IMPORTANT:
A MECHANICAL gauge NOT electric.
Posted on: 2013/8/10 11:24
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VAPOR LOCK demystified: See paragraph SEVEN of PMCC documentaion as listed in post #11 of the following thread:f
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Put in a new thermostat last month which seemed to solve the problem for a while.
Soooo....going to replace it first since it's simple and cheap. If that fails, it's down the list. Please note that I always use 93 octane from Costco; not regular. An earlier poster suggested Mobil so I tried a tank (again, the top premium grade). I wasn't sure I would get home it ran so badly. No idea why. What is a mechanical gauge?
Posted on: 2013/8/10 17:09
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