Re: overheat or running on the hot end

[george smith <bt6t4@xxxxxxxxx>]

Keep the thermostat. It was designed for one.Check
into a good backflush for the block.You may be
surprised at what comes out.
--- SUNSHINE Higgins <Sizie52@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> 
> WOW! You folks here are the best at giving some
> really good advice  about 
> cars running hot. Here are the details. I live in
> Kingston, NY  between Albany 
> and NYC. The summers here can range from 70 to 100 
> degrees...closer to the 80's 
> and 90's. 
>  
> During the summer when I use my car the most on some
> of those hot days and  
> not running the AC as my car tends to run hot to
> nearly and to  overheat...the 
> temp gauge will rise past the mid point and run
> between the mid  point and the 
> red of the high point after I have been driving for
> over 30  minutes up to an 
> hour. It worries me that it will start to overheat
> while I am  so far from 
> home...an hour away. So far, it has not overheated
> on these little  road trips. 
> My car only has only overheated once during a
> parade...my car has  never been 
> the same since and tend to run on the hotter side.
>  
>   I have not had the system flushed but I did have
> the thermostat  replaced 
> 180 degree and gasket, new radiator cap, belts,
> pumps, checked the  flow, 
> fluids and everything else checked and was told all
> was in excellent  condition. I 
> didn't notice gauge of new radiator cap, I didn't do
> the work.  Will check on 
> this.
>  
>   I have thought of yanking the thermostat, but
> didn't know if I  should 
> really do this or not; any suggestion as to if I
> should? I do have AC,  but rarely 
> use it. I did yank the thermostat out of my 1974
> Dodge dart  Swinger and 
> never had anther problem with overheating, but I
> lived in Houston,  TX at the time 
> but no longer have this car, I can get it if I
> really wanted  it..but it is a 
> junker, even though I love it.
>  
> Susan
>  
> 
> 
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George


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