GM Engine & Exhaust Performance EFI | GEN I/GEN II/GEN III/GEN IV Engines |Small Block | Big Block |

slight over heating problem.....need help

Old Jun 20, 2005 | 02:01 PM
  #11  
airtight_python's Avatar
Staging Lane
 
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 61
Likes: 0
From: West Texas
Default

Outside temps are measured in Fahrenheit. Water freezes at 32 and boils at 212. In Celsius 0 is freezing and 100 is boiling. Pappy seems to be a dorkus.
Reply
Old Jun 21, 2005 | 07:29 PM
  #12  
Phatchevy's Avatar
Thread Starter
TECH Regular
 
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 401
Likes: 0
From: Friendswood, Tx
Default

so should i change out the 160 and go back to stock? will i F*#K up the truck if it keeps overheating like that? it's basically stoping at the half way mark and by then i've already started to drive it or turned off the engine.

how much would it hurt me performance wise to go back to the stock thermostat? i really don't even race all that much anymore but sometimes i'll have someone wanting a piece.
Reply
Old Jun 21, 2005 | 08:29 PM
  #13  
01Blackerado's Avatar
TECH Fanatic
iTrader: (4)
 
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 1,598
Likes: 0
From: Fairfax, VA
Default

No dont change out the tstat! If anything that is whats keeping your temps down
Reply
Old Jun 21, 2005 | 09:17 PM
  #14  
airtight_python's Avatar
Staging Lane
 
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 61
Likes: 0
From: West Texas
Default

My truck sits around 190-195... is that what the stock thermostat is? It's never below it except the first 5 minutes after turning the truck over. And it's never above it after it warms up, even on hottt days.
Reply
Old Jun 21, 2005 | 11:17 PM
  #15  
litreddevil's Avatar
Banned
iTrader: (4)
 
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 5,151
Likes: 1
From: From Houma La. Living n Ellisville Miss.
Default

also check the return hose on the right side top radiatorsmall hose,take it off and see if it is clogged.that has happen a time are two.
Reply
Old Jun 23, 2005 | 12:15 AM
  #16  
PappyDan's Avatar
Tribe Shaman
iTrader: (4)
 
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 3,050
Likes: 0
From: Texas
Default

I am in the wrong. I thought I was in the right but I was not, I was going to defend my opinion to my last breath but it would have been all hot air.
I apologize and I deserve the harsh statements for making an *** out of my self.
Reply
Old Jun 23, 2005 | 01:11 AM
  #17  
thunder550's Avatar
High on diesel fumes
iTrader: (70)
 
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 12,658
Likes: 3
From: Phoenix, AZ
Default



at least you admit when you're wrong...
Reply
Old Jun 23, 2005 | 07:26 AM
  #18  
white1's Avatar
12 Second Truck Club
iTrader: (5)
 
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 5,230
Likes: 5
From: Sittin on jackstands
Default

The stock temp gauge sucks. I modded my factory t stat, and my gauge read 210, I put a 180* stat in and my gauge reads 210. Or I may have gotten it off when I changed my gauge faces
Reply
Old Jun 23, 2005 | 07:35 AM
  #19  
01Blackerado's Avatar
TECH Fanatic
iTrader: (4)
 
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 1,598
Likes: 0
From: Fairfax, VA
Default

Originally Posted by PappyDan
I am in the wrong. I thought I was in the right but I was not, I was going to defend my opinion to my last breath but it would have been all hot air.
I apologize and I deserve the harsh statements for making an *** out of my self.
No hard feelings dude, sorry for being an *** when I was trying to prove my point
Reply
Old Jun 23, 2005 | 07:37 AM
  #20  
01Blackerado's Avatar
TECH Fanatic
iTrader: (4)
 
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 1,598
Likes: 0
From: Fairfax, VA
Default

Originally Posted by white1
The stock temp gauge sucks. I modded my factory t stat, and my gauge read 210, I put a 180* stat in and my gauge reads 210. Or I may have gotten it off when I changed my gauge faces
I dont know why people get a 180* stat anyway...the stock one is 195* so it doesnt make much of a difference Thats why i use a 160* stat and t gets cold as hell in VA and sometimes we have real long winters! It snowed here till the mid- early Feb.-March
Reply

Thread Tools
Search this Thread

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 03:33 PM.