Re: [DMCForum] Re: Coolant question...

[DMCVIN6683 <dmcvin6683@xxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe it is not tuned up properly. I was told if it is tuned properly 
you dont even need fans. HA HA HA.

I am really leaning to the cooling fans you installed being the 
problem. I hope this is not the issue though because i have been 
thinking of getting that set you bought from John Hervey.

The missing shroud around the radiator shouldn't make a difference too 
much if it is missing, i dont have one on my car.

Mark V



On Jul 9, 2005, at 2:12 PM, Videobob Moseley wrote:

> ...when one of your hoses explodes and blows antifreeze all over the 
> back
> window and boiling green blasts all over the place.... hot enough for 
> ya?
> This is what happened to me a few weekends ago.
> I decided to take it for a cruise in downtown Dallas on warm night.
> It stayed pretty normal on the 20 mile trip there with the AC on low.
> Once I got into the stop and go of cruising it started to get hot.
> I decided to take a side street and head for the highway to cool it 
> down,
> the needle was rising, I turned off the AC and switch to the heater to 
> pull
> the heat out
> but it was too late, the needle was rising and then BOOM, SPLASH!
> I sat in a parking lot with a blasted hose until 4am.
> I managed to get a friend to find an all night auto parts store and 
> get me
> a peice of hose.
> My hoses were new, only a year old, I had put all of Heverys replacment
> hoses
> on but this one decided to split right up the middle!
>
> Something is going on.....
>
> - VB
>
>> From: "therealdmcvegas" <dmcvegas@xxxxxxx>
>> Reply-To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [DMCForum] Re: Coolant question...
>> Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2005 14:38:22 -0000
>>
>> VB, what do you consider "overheating"? How far does the needle creep
>> up, and where does it hover around when driving?
>>
>> -Robert
>>
>>
>>
>> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Videobob Moseley" <videobob@xxxx>
>> wrote:
>>> It is one of Hervey's new larger metal radiators.
>>> - VB
>>>
>>>> From: Marc Levy <malevy_nj@xxxx>
>>>> Reply-To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: RE: [DMCForum] Coolant question...
>>>> Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 19:23:47 -0700 (PDT)
>>>>
>>>> How old is the radiator?  Maybe it is clogged?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --- Videobob Moseley <videobob@xxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I am still having my over heating problem.
>>>>> I have topped off the coolant, and I have an air
>>>>> bleeder installed.
>>>>> I have wired the fans to be on full time, still the
>>>>> car over heats.
>>>>> Mostly with the AC on, you can get around OK with
>>>>> the AC off, but
>>>>> within minutes of turning the AC on the needle
>>>>> rises.
>>>>> The water appears to be flowing, and the fans are
>>>>> on....
>>>>> I must mention that I do have Hervey's new fans
>>>>> installed.
>>>>> They are very quite, you can barely hear them
>>>>> running.
>>>>> So, I am not sure if they are running as fast as
>>>>> they need to be
>>>>> because I have no frame of reference to compare them
>>>>> to because when
>>>>> I first got my car it was November, and then I
>>>>> wrecked it in July and
>>>>> replaced
>>>>> the OEM fans with Herveys, so I have only
>>>>> experienced his fans in the
>>>>> summer.
>>>>> The Texas summer is brutal....
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know why the hell the car isn't cooling, it
>>>>> was fine last summer.
>>>>> So the only things I can think of are that maybe the
>>>>> fans are for some
>>>>> reason
>>>>> not running at full speed, or the thermostat is
>>>>> sticking, or the water pump
>>>>> is not working
>>>>> correctly.... any suggestions?
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone know what the cross reference of the
>>>>> thermostat is for Autozone?
>>>>>
>>>>> - Videobob
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> From: "Travis Goodwin" <tgoodwin@xxxx>
>>>>>> Reply-To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> To: <DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> Subject: [DMCForum] Coolant question...
>>>>>> Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 14:16:02 -0400
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is a for real question.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My car seemed to be overheating at lunch today.
>>>>> Within 3 minutes, the
>>>>>> temp was almost 200 degrees. Despite the high temp,
>>>>> the fans didn't come
>>>>>> on. That says one thing to me: air pocket.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So, I checked the coolant level real quick and it
>>>>> was indeed low. A stop
>>>>>> at Advance Auto to top it off and the temp leveled
>>>>> off. I drove it 20
>>>>>> miles home with the temp level. It got only as high
>>>>> at 160 or so by the
>>>>>> time I navigated all the traffic.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Do you agree that with an air pocket causing the
>>>>> thermostat to read too
>>>>>> high, it can seem as if the fans are not working
>>>>> correctly because the
>>>>>> coolant temp is not high enough to trigger the
>>>>> otterstat?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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