Car overheating at idle
05-04-2008, 04:27 PM
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RE: Car overheating at idle
So did you take it in?
I went with the wife to see iron man today. I must say it was a pretty good movie, but a bit slow in parts. We went to the big city (Gainesville) and the car got pretty hot stopping at all the freaking miss timed traffic lights, but I never saw the factory gauge move past the middle. On the way home with the A/C on I saw coolant temps stay in the upper 190's and cylinder head temps around 205, even when doing 70mph. On the way there my coolant and head temps were both 185* so i'm guessing running the A/C increases head temps. I can't wait to see what it's like in the dead of summer with temps reaching 100, my high speed fan will probably run all the time.
What is the point of the 160* stat that comes with the whipple kit? It's not like it keeps the coolant temp at 160.
I went with the wife to see iron man today. I must say it was a pretty good movie, but a bit slow in parts. We went to the big city (Gainesville) and the car got pretty hot stopping at all the freaking miss timed traffic lights, but I never saw the factory gauge move past the middle. On the way home with the A/C on I saw coolant temps stay in the upper 190's and cylinder head temps around 205, even when doing 70mph. On the way there my coolant and head temps were both 185* so i'm guessing running the A/C increases head temps. I can't wait to see what it's like in the dead of summer with temps reaching 100, my high speed fan will probably run all the time.
What is the point of the 160* stat that comes with the whipple kit? It's not like it keeps the coolant temp at 160.
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