That is odd, not the fan thing but if you have the crossover open with coolant like that pic and the cap off, the coolant in the funnel should flow into the expansion tank almost instantly.
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right thats what i was thinking as well i kept having to fill the expansion tank and it just kept puking it out the cossover tube. once i turned the fan on well with the ac being switched on it settled all the way down. i just installed a new 180 degree tstat i mean itd be a hell of coincidence that opened at the same time i turned on the ac/fan right?
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Not likely that happened
well i just ordered a leak down tester just cant pin point the issue. The car is running absolutely great. Never overheated on me but who knows...
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Jmo..I don't fill my cobra the funnel way,
Object is to remove air .
Blowing out cap.
That tank itself. Will Crack on the bottom, can't see it.
Lmr sells this cheap.
Another area for me was the fan connection,,
Intermittently fan operating,,
I had noticed a barrel looked far into plug. Reconnect with pushing wire inward,
My last issues with coolant blowing out cap.
Radiator couldn't cool enough
Car would overhead after 45 minutes of a drive.
Anything short you never know
Bty. Do you use anything like a fuel booster, think that gives a orange look on plugs .
Object is to remove air .
Blowing out cap.
That tank itself. Will Crack on the bottom, can't see it.
Lmr sells this cheap.
Another area for me was the fan connection,,
Intermittently fan operating,,
I had noticed a barrel looked far into plug. Reconnect with pushing wire inward,
My last issues with coolant blowing out cap.
Radiator couldn't cool enough
Car would overhead after 45 minutes of a drive.
Anything short you never know
Bty. Do you use anything like a fuel booster, think that gives a orange look on plugs .
thanks for the advice im going to check out my connections right now. After letting it cool down i checked the by pass tube it was empty so i attempt to fill it but noticed it was only traveling back to the expansion tank. Everytime i remove the bypass tube plug it keep tearing the o-oring
. Im going to run it once more before i head to work im contemplating on taking it to work (15 mile drive) to see what she does. Its never over heated on me but it isna warm day today.Heres how the plugs are looking like after 4k miles. Smell like alot of fuel. She is running pretty rich.
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just ran it again till the temp needle reached the middle fan kicked on...
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Use grease on plug. Dumb idea,,
Here is how I would have done in your place,,
System hold say 4 gallons
With tstat off a gallon or so is left,
I would try to get 3 gallons in .
I take radiator cap off ,take plug out,,
Fill till fluid comes out of of tank. ,put cap on.
Fill till I can't,
Put plug back on.
Run engine till 180 degs .
Shut off ,let it cool a little,
Remove cross over plug slowly. Once out than remove radiator cap. ..repeat
Fill at crossover till comes out cap ,
Replace cap, fill cross over till full.
Install plug run engine ..
How close to 3 gallons tells me how much is there.
Did your replacement tstat have a hole vs original?
When I did the 170. I added 2 tiny hole ,,they say air gets trapped here. Causing tstat not to open
Here is how I would have done in your place,,
System hold say 4 gallons
With tstat off a gallon or so is left,
I would try to get 3 gallons in .
I take radiator cap off ,take plug out,,
Fill till fluid comes out of of tank. ,put cap on.
Fill till I can't,
Put plug back on.
Run engine till 180 degs .
Shut off ,let it cool a little,
Remove cross over plug slowly. Once out than remove radiator cap. ..repeat
Fill at crossover till comes out cap ,
Replace cap, fill cross over till full.
Install plug run engine ..
How close to 3 gallons tells me how much is there.
Did your replacement tstat have a hole vs original?
When I did the 170. I added 2 tiny hole ,,they say air gets trapped here. Causing tstat not to open
im going to have to try that again tomorrow before work. while im sending you this message the temp needle has stayed in the center with the fan coming on at low speed then after about 5 mins the fan bumped up its speed and hasnt ramped down and temp is dead center. should the fan stay on consistant at a stop i wonder?
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For me. During issues I found
My guage goes straight up. Always..once it moves towards hot. Your overheating..
Live data .
My needle straight up is 180 starts to move at 228degs .
Tstat will never close to do its job .
Once I got mine working I can watch temp now go up and down ,,
My fan runs alot.
I would rather have a fan blade like older design. Worked just fine.
Guess it was a safety thing so we don't get our hand stuck in it ,
definitely need to get live data
forgot to answer your question yes the tstat has a factory weep hole.
for the plugs i thought it was a good i dea to put some anti seize on the threads when got the motor back in the car with new plugs probably wasnt.
well im pretty sure the fan should turn off once cooled so my guess is definitely air in the system or yet worse a small leak somewhere hopefully not in the heads. I will be getting my leak down tester tomorrow.
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so looks like worst case scenario after all.
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oddly enough been driving it like this for a good while.
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My last test for cooling.
Was using a garden hose.
At idle ,watching Temps..
Fan on radiator did nothing.
Water hose did make temp fall like a rock ,
3 core radiator and I'm good now
How accurate is this?
Did you test on another vehicle for comparison
i did not but maybe i should..im going to test it on my daily see what it reads
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cant go wrong with a 3 core thats forsure.
might even get an auxiliary fan. hard to trust those electric fans.
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might even get an auxiliary fan. hard to trust those electric fans.
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