Well I have had the car for a year or so now, only problem I had when I first got it, is couldn't drive it when it was 100* out during the middle of the summer. But at night I could drive it fine and never once had a problem with it.. Swapped my intake manifold for a PSR by Todd, n redid everything n still no problems.. Well starting about a week or so ago, on short 5-10 min trips into town I noticed the factory gauge was up around the L mark on normal...
Not good in my eyes as its always ran around the O n R. So figured maybe t stat was sticking... Replaced it. Seen that the old one was installed backwards, but still looked brand new. Replaced and started filling up... Burped system.. Cranked it, let it idle.. Have a scanner that reads live data, it says car is running fine, car itself don't seem to n acting funny. Idles fine, drives fine... Temp is stills round L on factory gauge... Yet scanner showers 195-200*... So I got a mechanical gauge where the original sender is, between original, and mechanical there is a 25-40* difference... ( see pics ) I have one opinion of possible head gasket, but car hasn't really been beat on for over a month +, weekend warrior type car. Another suggests air still in the system.. If so.. How in the hell do I get all this air out? If not... What y'all think? I'm at a loss, n really don't feel like pulling and building a motor just yet
Left of alt is new coolant temp ( scanner ) right of alt with blue wire is mechanical
Not good in my eyes as its always ran around the O n R. So figured maybe t stat was sticking... Replaced it. Seen that the old one was installed backwards, but still looked brand new. Replaced and started filling up... Burped system.. Cranked it, let it idle.. Have a scanner that reads live data, it says car is running fine, car itself don't seem to n acting funny. Idles fine, drives fine... Temp is stills round L on factory gauge... Yet scanner showers 195-200*... So I got a mechanical gauge where the original sender is, between original, and mechanical there is a 25-40* difference... ( see pics ) I have one opinion of possible head gasket, but car hasn't really been beat on for over a month +, weekend warrior type car. Another suggests air still in the system.. If so.. How in the hell do I get all this air out? If not... What y'all think? I'm at a loss, n really don't feel like pulling and building a motor just yet
Left of alt is new coolant temp ( scanner ) right of alt with blue wire is mechanical
