Good luck hope your health improves very soon! Also you are running way to hot for my liking.

 

Too high for this time of year. Hopefully the new thermostat, bleed and fan solve it.

 

Thanks gentelmen! I'm staying in bed. Head is like a boulder.

Now back to the tire thread....

 

Ok so after the 180 thermostat and new coolant here's what I haz: driving approx 195.8F........idle approx 201.2F-203.0F how did I did?

 

No heat on idle btw

 

Meaning idling with heater turned off.

 

You dropped from 217 at idle to 201. And took 8 degrees off at steady speed. Seems like a good improvement. Rad may be sludged somewhat, you can check that with an IR thermometer top to bottom on the fins, want to stay within 10F. Lower rows fill up with calcium, dexmud, sludge, old stopz leakz from PO, etc. So radiator don't radiate like it oughta. Viscous clutch in good shape?

 

Clutch is good, I'll have to check the radiator temps.

 

I havent checked the rad temps yet but this morning on the way to work it stayed steady at 194F while driving, dropped to 190F when coasting and 199F at idle. Looks better

 

i have been running between 207 and 221 for 2 years now .I guess i should start with a new tstat and go from there.