new radiator, still hot?
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From: ky
new radiator, still hot?
i just bought a 2 core (1 inch) aluminum radiator from Northern, also a shroud/electric fan (14 inch 1550 cfm) combo that bolts directly to the radiator. It held pretty steady at 190 degrees while it was around 91 outside today. Is that a normal operating temperature?
also, can i adjust timing to lower the temperature? Which direction and how much?
also, can i adjust timing to lower the temperature? Which direction and how much?
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RE: new radiator, still hot?
ORIGINAL: sixt5
i just bought a 2 core (1 inch) aluminum radiator from Northern, also a shroud/electric fan (14 inch 1550 cfm) combo that bolts directly to the radiator. It held pretty steady at 190 degrees while it was around 91 outside today. Is that a normal operating temperature?
also, can i adjust timing to lower the temperature? Which direction and how much?
i just bought a 2 core (1 inch) aluminum radiator from Northern, also a shroud/electric fan (14 inch 1550 cfm) combo that bolts directly to the radiator. It held pretty steady at 190 degrees while it was around 91 outside today. Is that a normal operating temperature?
also, can i adjust timing to lower the temperature? Which direction and how much?
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Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 2,266
From: Australia
RE: new radiator, still hot?
have you installed a filter?
alum rads are difficult to impossible to clean out once blocked, so if you swapped out a conventional radiator for alum because it was clogged, you can destroy the new alum radiator in a matter of a few hundred miles.
worth protecting your investment
http://www.mako.com.au/auto/tefba.htm
alum rads are difficult to impossible to clean out once blocked, so if you swapped out a conventional radiator for alum because it was clogged, you can destroy the new alum radiator in a matter of a few hundred miles.
worth protecting your investment
http://www.mako.com.au/auto/tefba.htm
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From: Texas Hill Country
RE: new radiator, still hot?
ORIGINAL: Aussie66Fastback
have you installed a filter?
alum rads are difficult to impossible to clean out once blocked, so if you swapped out a conventional radiator for alum because it was clogged, you can destroy the new alum radiator in a matter of a few hundred miles.
worth protecting your investment
http://www.mako.com.au/auto/tefba.htm
have you installed a filter?
alum rads are difficult to impossible to clean out once blocked, so if you swapped out a conventional radiator for alum because it was clogged, you can destroy the new alum radiator in a matter of a few hundred miles.
worth protecting your investment
http://www.mako.com.au/auto/tefba.htm
