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Jul 4, 2011 | 09:29 PM

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Gadgetized

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Originally Posted by budhayes3

Make sure that you put the t-stat back in brother, or that can give you issues also...the cooling system needs that "controlled restriction" to allow the coolant to spend enough time in the radiator to actually get cooled...

X2 on this. I have actually heard where removing the T stat has caused the engine to overheat.

Jul 5, 2011 | 12:04 AM

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Spoolin

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Drop the 408 in there, all your problems should go away!!

Jul 5, 2011 | 12:27 AM

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CashDudeHomie

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It's probably the fans.

Jul 5, 2011 | 10:09 AM

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budhayes3

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Originally Posted by Gadgetized

X2 on this. I have actually heard where removing the T stat has caused the engine to overheat.

Yessir, I've seen it happen first hand...

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