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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Clearlake Oaks CA
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Re: Cooling system issue....
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that products like "Water Wetter", were not compatible with Coolant. I havent researched it, but rather just going on what was mentioned here.
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Placerville Ca.
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Re: Cooling system issue....
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"A common misconception is that if coolant flows too quickly through the system, that it will not have time to cool properly. However the cooling system is a closed loop, so if you are keeping the coolant in the radiator longer to allow it to cool, you are also allowing it to stay in the engine longer, which increases coolant temperatures. Coolant in the engine will actually boil away from critical heat areas within the cooling system if not forced through the cooling system at a sufficiently high velocity. This situation is a common cause of so-called "hot spots", which can lead to failures." Basically moving coolant is better than idle coolant....and a higher velocity is better than slow moving...thats why we have high flow water pumps if slow or idle were better we should all use stock flow pumps ...even race cars |
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Re: Cooling system issue....
Roger... Is your 350 still equipped witht the stock TBI from 1994? If it is... you'll need a 195 degree t-stat.
Gary
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Re: Cooling system issue....
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I believe my Truck does NOT have a TBI...(Traumatic Brain Injury). ![]() That being said...what "TBI" are YOU refering to? I'm not that "Up" on engines after 86 or so.
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Re: Cooling system issue....
TBI = Throttle Body Injection
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Re: Cooling system issue....
Uhm.....OK I'm Carburated with and Edelbrock Carb.
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Re: Cooling system issue....
Then go with a 180 degree t-stat for a carbed 1st gen small block.
![]() At least that's what i use with no probs. Traumatic Brain Injury!! ![]() Gary
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Re: Cooling system issue....
yup, 180 will give you good heater output and the best all around performance in gen 1 (early......pre TBI) sbc
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Just another thought here to.
I have ran into this before. The stock gauge in our model trucks may not give a good reading if the temp senor is for that motor and not our year motors. You may want to check that. When I put my TPI motor in the truck it read high all the time. I had to get the sendor out of the old block and install it. It reads just like it should have then. This may have been covered. ![]() ![]()
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