[DeTomaso] Overheating problems

[Thomas Tornblom]

Will Demelo skrev:
> I aquired my new car some time ago in the spring. i noticed that the temp was getting on the high side and noticed that the coolant was low. Note: the car had sat for 4 years. I noticed that the rad had a tiny leak and the water pump was leaking ever so slightly from the front seal. So, I replaced the pump with a weiand and recored the rad and installed twin electric suckers and put in a new 180 stat. That should take care of it, right? F#$K no.
> I drove for a couple hundred miles with the temp guage never exceeding 195 deg.
>  Even during the Niagara rally, when  everyone else saw their temps rising on the hot Saturday evening, my guage stayed at 190. On my ride home on the hiway, cruising at a mere 2300 rpm, the guage started to cycle from 180 to 200, then 180 to 210 and so forth until it nearly touched red.
> It has been doing this ever since.
> Notes:
> It will stay at 180-190 at idle in the garage.
> I've jacked the back up 3 times and it has run like that for more than 2 hours while I revved it up (pissing off the neighbours)
> I can't get it to red in the garage, it'll only go to about 210
> The pass head is hotter by 18 deg over the driver's side when temp taken from the rear with IR gun.
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The head gasket turned the wrong way on one of the heads?

> The stat has been changed twice. It seems to be opening when it's suppose to, but reaches temps it shouldn't.
> Help.
> Will
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