And I should add that opening the front heater core valve helped bring down the coolant temp. Likely an indicator of a suspect rad. I see a coolant flush + rad replacement sooner than later. Heck. Maybe now. As anticipated, snapped a bolt on thermostat housing. "Easy Out" stuck in remainder. Dang. Neil.
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 4:39 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote: ---- David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> wrote: > > > > The cooling system has quirks and way too many hoses, but it seems > > massively overbuilt. The radiator (to me) seems sized for a much > > larger engine than it is actually cooling. > > My '91 camper with stock 2.1 engine overheated regularly both on grades > and in town until I replaced the radiator. I had done all sorts of tweaks > to the cooling system, some of which probably were not needed. Replaced > the radiator, overheating problem gone. > > McNeely >
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