Posted by Erik (IP: 209.179.227.3) on January 30, 2000 at 21:19:46:
I took the car down to have the blue dye test done , and fortunately they said there doesn't appear to be a problem (no crack or blown head gasket), last weekend I found a four bolt balancer in the junk yard and I replaced my old(3 bolt) one with that one and I also replaced the pulley (my old one looked egg shaped and caused the belt to flap and squeal) , I also moved my fan closer to the radiator (it was 3 1/2 inchs away) now only an 1 1/2 inchs away and the belt is tight and I don't have any squealing either.But anyhow, my car runs 10 degrees cooler now and I haven't had anymore heating problems (never goes over 200). I am still not sure what was the main cause , or it could have been the combination of them all, but it seems to be fixed now. I just want to thank all of you who posted and gave advice to my problem.It's a great board , very helpful and I hope it stays that way. :-)