jjklongisland
Registered User
OK, now that the cam sensor is working and she isn't running advanced causing her to get warm, she still is not running as cool as she should be. Under no load in my driveway and up to temp with my 180 degree thermostat and new electric fan set to go on at 190 she runs good in the 185 to 195 range. Once I get her on the open road and she is under load she tends to get hotter which I guess is normal in the 205 to 195 range... When I get into the neighborhood she immediately start to get even hotter and climbs to 225. When I pull into the driveway she recovers pretty quick but this seams to happen now every time I take her out for a test run. So my buddy and I went through 2 gallons of antifreeze trying to get her to not be air bound in between test runs. Every time we burped her and you can see air release out of the system, top her off and then it happens again. I am thinking that when she is under boost she is pulling in air from somewhere. Does anybody have any ideas. could my head bolts not be torqued properly when my head gaskets were done allowing air to get into the cooling system. Remember I have recently done a new radiator, water pump, all new hoses, thermostat, electric fan, and radiator cap along with new head gaskets and timing cover gaskets... I notice when she gets hotter that my digital gauge will stutter sometimes and go instantly from 210 down to 195 and then back to 210 possibly indicating an air pocket travelling past the sending unit port (this is only a guess).