[DeTomaso] Fw: Overheating problems

[Will Demelo]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Braun" <doug1 at gtcinternet.com>
To: "'Will Demelo'" <wdemelo at cogeco.ca>
Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 10:19 PM
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Overheating problems


> Will,
>
> A stuck thermostat will exhibit these exact symptoms so replace it.
****I replaced it with a correct Cleve style, even though the weiand doesn't 
require a Cleve***
  On the
> off chance it doesn't fix the problem, at least the thermostat will be 
> ruled
> out as the source of the problem.  Any of the ones listed below will work 
> in
> your 351C assuming you still have the stock brass bypass washer pressed 
> into
> the block below the thermostat and you have a 351C type water pump with a
> working bypass port.  The thermostats listed below all have the 351C
> specific hat on the bottom.  If the brass washer is missing from your 
> block
> and the thermostat you remove doesn't have the hat, then replace yours 
> with
> a 351W type because this means that the previous owner converted over to a
> 351W style system.
>
> Doug Braun
> blue 73L #5505
>
> Stant 29468
> Stant 13468
> Motorcraft RT-310
> NAPA 197
> Ford D7PZ-8575-A
> RobertShaw 333-180 (Best)
> FlowKooler BRA 333-180
> Gates 33128
>
> Stant S-346-192
> Stant 29469
> Stant 13469
> Motorcraft RT-139
> Gates 33129
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
> [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On Behalf Of Will Demelo
> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 4:55 PM
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Overheating problems
>
>
> 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.
> 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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