AHH!!OVERHEATING!!! PICS!!

[richp85elco]

it looks like you also have a grip of pipe tape on the threads too, a little bit is good for stopping leaks but if the metal is not making good contact (getting a good ground) it may be effecting when the fans are turning on. If your motor got that hot it might be safe to say you need a new thermo usually after they get that hot they go into failsafe and stay open.

Another thing since you say its heating up quick might be because either your timing is off or since you got a new carb it might be running too lean causing it to overheat.

 

[80ELCAMINOFLAKE]

Good info guys, but i do have an update:

After texting Ghettoracingkid:

He told me to take off my radiator cap turn the car on and see if im getting any flow in the radiator, he told me that my thermo stat in the water neck could be stuck or bad... sure enough it was!! the rad fluid would stay there and not move at all, wouldnt drop only rise...ran it for 30-50 sec and nothing...

So in Nurse Scrubs, me and my buddy remove the thermo, put the water neck back on without it, then i turned the car on and all the radiator fluid dropped to the bottom and u can see it flowing correctly, so im thinking the thermo stat stuck not letting water flow into the engine keeping the block hot not cooling,, probley throwing off the sensor and gauge...

To tell you the truth i never ever ran one in my El Camino and it ran like a dream, I only put on in cuase my buddy with a 71 Chevelle told me to put one in!!!! i didnt even know what it was till he told me about it

Plus im in cali, so our temp is stable, we not hitting 120 ever or ever seeing freezing temps


im going to let it sit till my shift is over, let my block cool off, turn it on, fill with water and monitor the gauges and fans..

 

[richp85elco]

with the thermostat in you wont see the water circulate until the motor gets up to temp, so you have to run it until it get hot enough to open the thermostat, thats why when you took it out it started circulating right away. How does the one took out look? is is stuck open?

 

[80ELCAMINOFLAKE]

with the thermostat in you wont see the water circulate until the motor gets up to temp, so you have to run it until it get hot enough to open the thermostat, thats why when you took it out it started circulating right away. How does the one took out look? is is stuck open?

When i first put it in and i tested it like that it circulated, why wouldnt it circulate, that dosent make since, let me take some pics of it...brb...what will happen if i dont have one? like i said never ran one in the elko, never new about them..lol

 

[CWPottenger]

Also just a note for you. the sensor you have a picture of is a single wire sensor, meaning that it uses the engine block as a ground. You used teflon tape to install the fitting adapter and the sensor. this will cause the sensor to always be wrong at best and non-op at worst. Those are tapered fittings which means they seal tighter the farther threaded in. No tape is supposed to be used.

 

[80ELCAMINOFLAKE]

Heres the thermostat was a 180 degree thermo, how do u know if its good or bad?

 

[80ELCAMINOFLAKE]

Also just a note for you. the sensor you have a picture of is a single wire sensor, meaning that it uses the engine block as a ground. You used teflon tape to install the fitting adapter and the sensor. this will cause the sensor to always be wrong at best and non-op at worst. Those are tapered fittings which means they seal tighter the farther threaded in. No tape is supposed to be used.

Ahhhhhh very good catch!!!! know that will have to wait till tomorrow morning when im home on thanksgiving chillin...gives me something to do....thats a good catch... :wink: thank u sir!!

 

[pontiacgp]

you might have a water pump with the wrong impeller for your set up. I got a rebuilt one from Napa for a serpentine set up and that needs a reverse flow impeller. It took me a while to figure out why the car always seem to run hotter than I thought it would. It has the wrong impeller in it. The car never overheated tho but the fan was on more that I wanted it to be.

 

[80ELCAMINOFLAKE]

you might have a water pump with the wrong impeller for your set up. I got a rebuilt one from Napa for a serpentine set up and that needs a reverse flow impeller. It took me a while to figure out why the car always seem to run hotter than I thought it would. It has the wrong impeller in it. The car never overheated tho but the fan was on more that I wanted it to be.

Humm maybe? do u have a part number?

 

[pontiacgp]

the part number was right but the part was wrong. When I reved the engine the rad level would drop but there was no flow