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Re: Drilling thermostat
HAHA wow that was fun to read! I'll go back and address everyone's comments.
Swifty - ok so you retorque them without loosening them, thanks! Is that what everyone else does as well? Just want to be sure. And about pressure testing the system, that is a good idea, and I have been wanting to do that, and searching all the auto parts stores to see if anyone has one for rent, but nobody does. And they are over $100 to just buy, and I don't want to do that. Do you or does anyone know where I could find one to use? Also you said something about figuring out where all the coolant is going, but like I said, it doesn't seem like coolant is going anywhere. After that trip I waited for the car to cool down, and I popped the rad cap. It looked a little low, but all I added was like a splash, hardly anything, maybe like 3 tablespoons. That splash was probably just in the overflow bottle because the overflow looked just a little bit more full then it did in the beginning. So I don't think I'm losing coolant really, or just so small of an amount that it's not even noticable really. About the water pump, I'm pretty sure they put a new one in when they put the motor together. I haven't checked for shaft play on it, i suppose I could just take that front pipe off and just reach in there to see how it all feels.
2003eclipse - I think you are reading what I said backwards. I have 85 WATER and 15 ANIT-FREEZE. Water cools better, but I wanted some antifreeze in there because it does raises the boiling point, and it also lubricates and protects everything a little bit too. So I didn't want to go straight water, I wanted a little antifreeze in there still.
LB - Fan was fixed before the trip to Minnetonka/Plymouth/Blaine. Still running hot.
CHromepuff - I have been looking into ways to get more airflow to the radiator. Possibly knockin some holes in the bumper. Just seeing what all I can do. I don't have a good way to route any kind of like dryer ducting though, there's not much room really. One thing I'm also looking at is putting some kinda vent in the hood, like what evo's have, to allow that hot air in between the manifold and radiator to escape
x-pride - that is something I did fail to mention. The car still has A/C, so I have a nice huge condesor in front of my radiator still. It's not really clogged or anything. But I really want to keep A/C in this car as it is still functional, and comes in handy on those really hot days! But as a last resort, I will have to consider removing it.
Also I will add that when I added the new coolant, I let the car idle for around 15 minutes with the cap off, and the car parked on an incline, to "burp" any bubbles out that there might be.
So... anyone know where I can get a coolant system pressure tester thingamajig?
Last edited by Halon; 06-21-2007 at 12:25 PM..
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