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  • July 12, 2012 at 11:00 am #458984
    MattMatt
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      Bleed the cooling system.

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    • July 12, 2012 at 11:00 am #458985
      rice400rice400
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        D’oh I’m ashamed to admit i forgot all about Erics vid on bleeding a cooling system! I suppose I should practice what I preach! I’ll bleed it tomorrow and see what happens

        July 12, 2012 at 11:00 am #458986
        moparfanmoparfan
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          i vote thermostat if you haven’t been in the cooling system lately to let air in there.

          July 13, 2012 at 11:00 am #458987
          college mancollege man
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            if bleeding the cooling system does not help. then change the t-stat

            July 13, 2012 at 11:00 am #458988
            EricTheCarGuy 1EricTheCarGuy
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              +1 on the thermostat and bleeding the cooling system.

              July 13, 2012 at 11:00 am #458989
              rice400rice400
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                Well i filled up the radiator and overflow and ran the engine at 2500 rpm with the radiator cap off (dont have access to a spill free funnel) When i revved it up the level in the radiator dropped significantly and then when i let off the throttle a decent

                July 13, 2012 at 11:00 am #458990
                WonkssWonkss
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                  +2 sounds still like thermostat.

                  August 3, 2012 at 11:00 am #458991
                  rice400rice400
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                    Sorry for the delay…. after bleeding the system the symptoms came back yet again. So today I decided to stop messing around and I put in an AC delco thermostat 195*

                    August 3, 2012 at 11:00 am #458992
                    college mancollege man
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                      Thanks for the update. keep us posted if anything changes.C8-)

                      August 3, 2012 at 11:00 am #458993
                      EricTheCarGuy 1EricTheCarGuy
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                        Cool thanks for keeping us up to date and for using the ETCG forum.

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