Man this thing really shines it's but off in hot weather
So got up 1st thing this morning to work on the car. As some of you know i put Prestone's Super Cleaner in the radiator to clean the system out & man am i glad i did. What originally came out before i put the cleaner in was rust looking water. Then with everything hooked back up to the Tstat housing minus the the hose that runs from the radiator to the Tstat housing we ran the car with a water hose on the cross over plug until nothing but clear water came out. Then we put in the cleaner & i drove close to 6hrs on that
Fast forward to today. Drained the radiator out, unplugged the lines & more rusty water came out but not quite as bad as the 1st time. I then decided to take off the resivior itself cause it was filthy on the inside. Crud was almost glued to the wall & you really couldn't see where the coolant level was on the side where the "add coolant" line.
So when i was at Autozone this morning getting the two bottles of water wetter, gallon coolant, i decided to get some Greased Lightning Blast with orange power. I've used this stuff before & it will desolve just about anything. 1st i started spraying it into the resivoir knocking that crap off the walls. Then i just poured it inside about half full put the cap back on & shook the shit out of it for a while untill all of that was gone. I have pics for that later. Washed it out & got it throughly clean where nothing but clear water was comming out.
Then i moved on to taking the old stat out & putting in the 170. Got all of that done. Poured in the 3 quarts of anti freeze, put every last drop of the two bottle of water wetter in lol, & put in the distilled water.
Had the gf start the car & watched the coolant temps from the x3. I let it go to 175 degrees then shut it off. I then let it cool off for about an hour & some min cause we had something else to run & do real quick. When we got back i noticed the level in the resevoir was very low. When i filled it up i left about an inch before it said "add coolant".
So opened the cap poured in more distilled water to about an inch below the add coolant line. Opened the crossover plug and cranked the car again thinking well i just opened the cap so i just created an air pocket. So i'll run the car a lil bit with the funnel over the crossover so it can bleed itself. Well we did that then took her out for a spin
This Reische thermostat simply kicks ass no doubt about it :rockon::rockon:
Plugged in the x3 while we were driving to watch the temps & man what a freakin difference. Before my normal temps with my adjusted fan settings with the 180 was pretty much 184-186 degrees give or take while cruzing on the expressway then would shoot up to 196 when i would come to a long stop light then my high speed fan would kick in & drop it down
NOW wit the 170 and me on the xpressway cruizing at 70mph the temp was sitting on 174 for the longest, then got up to 176. Then we turned the ac on & that brought the temps up to only 180 freaking degrees & it is hot here today.
So i am cruzing WITH my ac ON and only getting 180 degrees :dancenana: . That is 4-8 degrees cooler than before
When we came to a stop after driving for 20min the temps went to 188. Then we got going again and came to another stop & the temps went to 194 and that 's where i have my high speed fan to kick on. Got going again in 45mph traffic & dropped back down to 188
Stopped and got some gas, popped the hood & noticed that the coolant resevoir was down again but not as bad as before. Got back on the xpressway and guess what? The temps went right back down 176 to 180 WITH THE AIR ON!!!!!!
Pics of dirty Resevoir:
Before:
After:
Drained radiator 1st time:
AFter cleaner:
Having a lil fun:
So got up 1st thing this morning to work on the car. As some of you know i put Prestone's Super Cleaner in the radiator to clean the system out & man am i glad i did. What originally came out before i put the cleaner in was rust looking water. Then with everything hooked back up to the Tstat housing minus the the hose that runs from the radiator to the Tstat housing we ran the car with a water hose on the cross over plug until nothing but clear water came out. Then we put in the cleaner & i drove close to 6hrs on that
Fast forward to today. Drained the radiator out, unplugged the lines & more rusty water came out but not quite as bad as the 1st time. I then decided to take off the resivior itself cause it was filthy on the inside. Crud was almost glued to the wall & you really couldn't see where the coolant level was on the side where the "add coolant" line.
So when i was at Autozone this morning getting the two bottles of water wetter, gallon coolant, i decided to get some Greased Lightning Blast with orange power. I've used this stuff before & it will desolve just about anything. 1st i started spraying it into the resivoir knocking that crap off the walls. Then i just poured it inside about half full put the cap back on & shook the shit out of it for a while untill all of that was gone. I have pics for that later. Washed it out & got it throughly clean where nothing but clear water was comming out.
Then i moved on to taking the old stat out & putting in the 170. Got all of that done. Poured in the 3 quarts of anti freeze, put every last drop of the two bottle of water wetter in lol, & put in the distilled water.
Had the gf start the car & watched the coolant temps from the x3. I let it go to 175 degrees then shut it off. I then let it cool off for about an hour & some min cause we had something else to run & do real quick. When we got back i noticed the level in the resevoir was very low. When i filled it up i left about an inch before it said "add coolant".
So opened the cap poured in more distilled water to about an inch below the add coolant line. Opened the crossover plug and cranked the car again thinking well i just opened the cap so i just created an air pocket. So i'll run the car a lil bit with the funnel over the crossover so it can bleed itself. Well we did that then took her out for a spin
This Reische thermostat simply kicks ass no doubt about it :rockon::rockon:
Plugged in the x3 while we were driving to watch the temps & man what a freakin difference. Before my normal temps with my adjusted fan settings with the 180 was pretty much 184-186 degrees give or take while cruzing on the expressway then would shoot up to 196 when i would come to a long stop light then my high speed fan would kick in & drop it down
NOW wit the 170 and me on the xpressway cruizing at 70mph the temp was sitting on 174 for the longest, then got up to 176. Then we turned the ac on & that brought the temps up to only 180 freaking degrees & it is hot here today.
So i am cruzing WITH my ac ON and only getting 180 degrees :dancenana: . That is 4-8 degrees cooler than before
When we came to a stop after driving for 20min the temps went to 188. Then we got going again and came to another stop & the temps went to 194 and that 's where i have my high speed fan to kick on. Got going again in 45mph traffic & dropped back down to 188
Stopped and got some gas, popped the hood & noticed that the coolant resevoir was down again but not as bad as before. Got back on the xpressway and guess what? The temps went right back down 176 to 180 WITH THE AIR ON!!!!!!
Pics of dirty Resevoir:
Before:
After:
Drained radiator 1st time:
AFter cleaner:
Having a lil fun:
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