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Old 06-03-2007, 05:04 PM
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I have been having a lot of trouble with my car running hot. I put a fail safe 180* thermostat in it. It still ran hot. So I bought a flex fan and a griffin aluminum 2 core racing radiator and a 160* thermostat. It is still running hot.. wtf is going on i have 700.00 just in my cooling system now and it still gets hot.
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Old 06-03-2007, 05:15 PM
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you should properly diagnose the system before dumping all that cash in.

take the 160 thermo out, put a 195 in, and replace your water pump.
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Old 06-03-2007, 05:18 PM
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+1 no pump= no flow. and a new water pump is cheap also.
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Old 06-03-2007, 06:50 PM
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195 please...180 stat............. never a 160 because it will be in closed loop
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Old 06-03-2007, 06:56 PM
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sorry but depending on climate and driving conditions 180* is better then the 195*
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