Posted by Charlie (IP: 152.163.201.179) on January 31, 2000 at 21:06:40:
In Reply to: Proper temp:update p2. posted by Erik on January 31, 2000 at 16:08:06:
: I posted an update but it dissapeared with the other board.Anyway , I took my car to a shop and had the dye test done and fortunatly I don't have a blown head gasket or cracked head.Last weekend I found a 4 bolt balancer in the junk yard and replaced my 3 bolt one with that(my 3 bolt pulley was egg shaped which caused the belt to flap and squeal) and now my belt doesn't slip anymore and I also moved my fan closer to the radiator (was 3 1/2 inches away, now 1 1/2)and I took out the condenser (A/C isn't in there any more) and now my car runs 10 degrees cooler.I am not sure what was the main cause of my problem but it doesn't over heat anymore no matter what I do, I suppose it could have been all of the stuff I listed combined that could have caused (the old thermostat was sticking, but it heated up again with new one before I did the other improvements, and the rad. cap was bad too). I would just like to thank all of you who posted and gave advice to my problem. :-)