87 gt 5.0 overheats HELP PLEASE !!!
#1
87 gt 5.0 overheats HELP PLEASE !!!
I have an 87 gt mustang and i am new to the ford world. I just installed a rebuilt 302 and it overheats within minutes of starting to drive. It is fine idling but as soon as i put it under load it overheats. I have flushed the radiator and block. took the stat out and still no good. I just put new head gaskets on so i dont think that is the prob. Any help would be appreciated.
#4
Is it puking out coolant or really overheating. You need to be able to recognize the difference because they are diagnosed in completely different ways.
If the engine runs fine indefinitely at idle but pukes out coolant when you get in the throttle - you are not overheating. You are getting combusion pressure in the cooling system or you have one hell of an air bubble in the rad/block/heater core.
If the engine runs fine indefinitely at idle but pukes out coolant when you get in the throttle - you are not overheating. You are getting combusion pressure in the cooling system or you have one hell of an air bubble in the rad/block/heater core.
#5
Had this happen once. Bottom radiator hose has wire inside to keep from colapse. Wire rots and when engine is reved up hose will suck shut(collapse) will idle all day and never get hot. Do this -look at bottom radiator hose while engine is at idle- rev engine up watch for hose to hold form or if hose collapses. Bubba