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Old Jan 29, 2010 | 11:08 PM
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ok so here is the deal i did a head and cam swap about a week ago and after start up i have notice that it doesn't really overheat it just gets hotter alot quicker is that normal? i didn't want to hurt anything
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Old Jan 29, 2010 | 11:18 PM
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It used to take my motor a while to warm up, but after a cam swap it seems to build temp quicker
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Old Jan 29, 2010 | 11:24 PM
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see i did ported heads and now its gets up to opperating temp in like 4 min
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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 03:46 AM
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Did you make sure you have no trapped air in the cooling system?
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Are you sure you put the head gaskets on correctly?
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What is the setup?
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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 08:38 AM
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yeah the heads gaskets are on right, and how do you get all the air out or make sure i did, its just some ported and polished 241's with a comp custon grind nitrous cam, w/the fast 92mm intake throttle body combo, the car doesnt over heat at all, i thought the sensor might be reading air but i can also turn the heater on at its alreay hot also
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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 09:56 AM
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To get most of the air out let the car cool down and just disconnect the highest hose u can get to,
fill the coolant up at the radiator cap when u start to see coolant where u separated the system or it wont take any more coolant seal it up,
let it run till it warms up let it cool and top off the radiator and overflow tank usually that takes care of it
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