[V8] Engine Runs a Little Hot

[Dave Head]

More often than not, its the radiator with the conditiona you 
describe... 300 for a new one, buy the $%^$%^^% expensive bonded rubber 
upper mounts (2), you may need the lower ones too. Buy a roll of 1/4" 
thick 1/4 to 3/8" in wide double stick foam to replace the foam radiator 
to support seal too.

To verify, find a friendly fire station and ask them to thermal image 
your radiator (with the AC off).

daves745t at optonline.net wrote:

>I'm hoping you guys can give me some suggestions - now that the days are hotter I'm noticing that my 90 V8Q is too. 
>This is the first summer I've owned her so I don't have a benchmark on operating temp.  Thus far, when 
>she is fully warmed up the temp needle is about a width or two to the left of the 12 o'clock position (just under 100 degrees). 
>When the engine is under load and then I come to a stop or if I'm sitting at a red light the temp needle begins to creep up.  
>It usually doesn't get past maybe 105 degrees and almost any forward movement brings it back down very quickly
>
>However, now that we've had a string on 90+ degree day here in NJ, the engine temp has got me concerned as it has crept to
> 110 and even a little more.  I get no warnings or alarms from the V8, but clearly it should not be getting that high based
> on what I've read here.  The thermostat was changed with the timing belt, the radiator fluid is the good 'red stuff' at the proper level.
>  Should I here the electric fan kick on? Because I don't think I have, but then again I haven't stood there with the hood open and looked.
>
>Any thoughts? Thanks as always.
>
>-DaveM
>
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