<<If there were a leak, i.e. hole in rad or something, wouldn't it leak pretty
consistently, as in, after parking for a few days, there would be a puddle>>
Precisely my point for the pressure test... The lack of a leak at rest (parked)
makes me think it's pressure related (too high). A pressure tester simply reads
the pressure in the system... It doesn't add any.
<<or if only leaking under pressure or temp, wouldn't a hole show up over my
drive btw St.Louis and NC, 710 miles with one stop, and consistently over 80?>>
I dunno... Like I said, there really aint that much to our cooling systems.
That's what makes your problem so perplexing!!!! I gotta' tell you if it isn't
the water pump, I really suspect the T-Stat install. It's the only thing that's
been changed recently, no?!.... Did you measure how much fluid you put back in
after the install, BTW????!!!!
T.
P.S. Are you *absolutely* sure you didn't have a carnage bolt in your pocket
when this happened... :-)
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> Subject: Re: DML: Psychotic Radiator
> Author: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net> at smtpout
> Date: 10/15/98 4:48 PM
>
> > Have you tried tweaking
> > the throttle at the TB with the hood up *after* a drive (I.E. when it's
> > fully warmed up)? If it sprayed on the hood, I imagine the leak would be
> > quite apparent...
> >
>
> Yes, I have, in fact I beat the crap out of the throttle after a drive,
nothing
> visible.
>
> > *or*
> > Maybe you got a defective stat, or (heaven forbid) improper installation??
> > Seems to me that this kind of problem would show up on your temp. gauge...
> > Does it read normal or slightly low since the 180 install?
> >
>
> It reads low ever since the second I drove it off the lot after the 180
install.
> Always at the same place after it warms up. But wouldn't an improper
> installation
> show some antifreeze near the thermostat itself? That area is completely dry.
> (Where the upper rad. hose enters the engine.)
>
> > $.02
> >
>
> I'll see your $.02 and raise you a dry 180 deg. thermostat.--
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