Overheating
#11
Maybe bypass the thermostat you have, or drill a couple holes in the old one to see if that chages anything. The "OEM" thermostats are notorious for being defective, truely OEM is the best bet, but I would bypass it all together at this point. eliinate that as your problem. If you still have the old one, drill some holes in it and see if that changes anything.
thanks for the help. I'll let you know what happens.
#13
agree...since OP provided more history of hard and hot hoses....sausage links? waterfall sound? head gaskets even been done?
#14
I actually drilled out my old thermostat yesterday. I'm planning on installing later this evening or tomorrow. I've bought 2 different thermostats. One was oem (the one currently installed) and the other was from lucky8. I tested the lucky 8 one and it opened at 180° so that wasn't the original reason for the overheating.
thanks for the help. I'll let you know what happens.
thanks for the help. I'll let you know what happens.
If you want to test it, get rid of the thermostat. Connect the top radiator hose directly to the manifold outlet pipe, put a hose repair kit splice in the bottom hoses were the factory thermostat goes, the kit is $5 at Autozone. It's plastic, so not the best long term but will do for a test.
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#15
Maybe bypass the thermostat you have, or drill a couple holes in the old one to see if that chages anything. The "OEM" thermostats are notorious for being defective, truely OEM is the best bet, but I would bypass it all together at this point. eliinate that as your problem. If you still have the old one, drill some holes in it and see if that changes anything.
I took the rover for a spin to see if aux fan was working and after checked the hoses....I noticed that all were too hot to touch except for the lower radiator hose. It was actually cool to the touch. Weird. Does that point to a thermostat that isn't opening? What are your thoughts?
#16
Maybe bypass the thermostat you have, or drill a couple holes in the old one to see if that chages anything. The "OEM" thermostats are notorious for being defective, truely OEM is the best bet, but I would bypass it all together at this point. eliinate that as your problem. If you still have the old one, drill some holes in it and see if that changes anything.
I took the rover for a spin to see if aux fan was working and after checked the hoses....I noticed that all were too hot to touch except for the lower radiator hose. It was actually cool to the touch. Weird. Does that point to a thermostat that isn't opening? What are your thoughts?
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#20
Instead of wasting money on oem thermostat designs just do an inline mod (sticky at the top of the forum). However, if you are insistent on the OEM design I have three brand new I am happy to send you for free if you pay shipping. I am never going to use them (because they never work reliably and cause things like blown hg, but whatever).
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