[V8] overheating again

Enzeder enzeder at comcast.net
Wed Oct 3 06:53:18 PDT 2007


Are the senders and gauges working properly?  (Another thing to check 
with a non-contact thermometer.)
Does the aux fan work?

Also, I wonder if the blend doors in the heater are working.


At 10:56 PM 10/2/2007, daniel sherwood wrote:
>I just replaced my rad  (OEM from Bruce) less than 2000 miles ago 
>along with tstat.The car has run beautifully since then never even 
>coming close to overheating. Today in traffic I sat and watched the 
>temp climb up to the 140 mark. Could this really be another clogged 
>rad this early in the game. My question is when I put the heater on 
>it blows almost cold certainly not hot.. It was about 45 today am I 
>looking at a clogged heater core would it cause my car to overheat 
>like that.? Any comments or ideas would be well appreciated. OD 328,000




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