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I'm half lost about what to do next on my cooling system. My 93 has been overheating - to the point of steaming, once - and ever since I've been replacing parts trying to find out what isn't working right. So far, I've replaced the water pump, put in a 180 tstat, replaced all of the hoses, flushed the coolant and replaced it with 50/50 coolant/water. I'm also about to put a new coolant temp sensor in though I don't expect it to do anything. I'm looking at the radiator now - it definitely seems corroded inside the cap on top, though it doesn't leak.
The car won't run 70 with the air conditioning on (been 90-100 degrees lately) without trying to redline. It seems to do fine at low speeds in town though. I'm also pretty sure the fan is working fine, at least it does when I run the EEC self test. The car is a 93 5 speed. It has 77k on it and is completely stock.
I can get a new radiator for 180, shipped. Does this seem like a reasonable next step? I don't know what else could be causing these problems. Also - is the stock rad. a 2 core? Is there anything specific I should make sure the new one has? I've searched and read along the terms of recore, radiator, etc. but this is still kind of unclear...
I'm half lost about what to do next on my cooling system. My 93 has been overheating - to the point of steaming, once - and ever since I've been replacing parts trying to find out what isn't working right. So far, I've replaced the water pump, put in a 180 tstat, replaced all of the hoses, flushed the coolant and replaced it with 50/50 coolant/water. I'm also about to put a new coolant temp sensor in though I don't expect it to do anything. I'm looking at the radiator now - it definitely seems corroded inside the cap on top, though it doesn't leak.
The car won't run 70 with the air conditioning on (been 90-100 degrees lately) without trying to redline. It seems to do fine at low speeds in town though. I'm also pretty sure the fan is working fine, at least it does when I run the EEC self test. The car is a 93 5 speed. It has 77k on it and is completely stock.
I can get a new radiator for 180, shipped. Does this seem like a reasonable next step? I don't know what else could be causing these problems. Also - is the stock rad. a 2 core? Is there anything specific I should make sure the new one has? I've searched and read along the terms of recore, radiator, etc. but this is still kind of unclear...