I replaced my radiator with a 4 core rad and never again have I had a
problem. Now you may need to flush your cooling system. I had mine done a
few years back and they showed me what was in my system and it was not nice.
Metal bit's from toast water pumps and jelled coolent that get's trapped in
the system and believe it or not sand from the casting procces of our
motors.
Benjamin R. Reid
http://members.cardomain.com/390dakota
Blue 92 Dakota reg cab, 318 4x4 auto
Shift-kit, posi, Gen 2 K&N filter,
MSD wires, 180 stat, bush bar, cb radio,
31" Mickey Thompson Baja Claw radials,
>From: "Azie L. Magnusson" <maggie11@mchsi.com>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
>Subject: DML: Overheating '95 Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 08:17:07 -0500
>
>
>I live in Ardmore, Alabama which is a VERY small town
>on the Tennessee State line and 3 miles East of I65. Summer time temps are
>near 100 with humidity close to the same @ times. In the mid to upper 80's
>already this year.
>
>Truck is a '95 CC 318 auto loaded up pretty good. I've towed a F250 4X4
>from Detroit on my 16' trailer.
>No problems @ all. In '03 I purchased a '56 Merc Montclair over in
>Yadkinville,NC
>and went and towed it home on the same trailer. This is when my overheating
>problems started. Coming home on I40 just East of Ashville there is a
>Mountain that is pretty tough. I was in the extremely slow lane with the
>18 wheelers trucking along @ roughly 25 mph(1st gear) watching my gauges
>all the time. The temp began to rise, but I wasn't overly concerned
>because the truck was after all in a constant strain. Temp gage never got
>to the max - only about 3/4 of the way to max. About 1000 yards before the
>crest of the mountain the radiator BURST. Not the plastic end caps, but
>rather the metal top that the cores are soldered in. I immediately pulled
>into the extreme right lane and stopped. Was towed in to Black Mountain.
>Spent the night in a Motel and next day found a radiator @ Advanced Auto
>and got it installed. Ever since that incident I've had to install a new
>radiator about every 2 - 2.5 years or It will overheat during normal
>July/August days even without the A/C on. Truck now has 165K miles.
>I've changed out every component in the cooling cycle and it has not helped
>other than the radiators. After installing a new one, it does not overheat
>under any conditions for roughly a couple of years. Looking into the
>radiator through the cap opening the cores
>(flues) do not look corroded or clogged. I'm currently going through the
>process of looking to install a new radiator. (Slight Overheating already )
>Any and all hints and suggestions are appreciated.
>
>Azie
>
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