cam install
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cam install i just installed a tr 224 cam on 114 lobe and now the car overheats,before it would never go pass the first line know the it just keep rising with the ac on and alot off trafic it will go down after you run with out stop and go trafic,i thought it had air in system but have filled it up many of times and took off the hose that connects to the throttle body to let the air out,could it be beacuse i have the 160 thermostat?any help would be good,is it normal for temptperature to raise with cam
Could be that you need to get it tuned. Your stat might have gotten stuff in it and stuck half shut. Your fans might not be coming on. could be a number of things. you could have pinched a line.
Bleed your radiator. Mine did that after I swapped my cam. It took while but it worked. Just let the car idle with the radiator cap off and the heater on and you will see all the bubbles come out. My car would see the red and that wasnt good. After that just keep checking it for a couple of days and make sure its full....
As stated above check your fan wiring. Also when you put it all back together how did you go about filling the coolant back up? Did you run the car without the cap and wait until to started to circulate the add more coolant? If you get air in there you could have issues.
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Launching!
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From: dallas tx
fans come on and stay on because i have the hypertech and fans are program to come on at 160 so they stay on all the time,water is circulating good,i have not got it tune would that cause it to overheat
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Originally Posted by bigpappasz28
fans come on and stay on because i have the hypertech and fans are program to come on at 160 so they stay on all the time,water is circulating good,i have not got it tune would that cause it to overheat
If you have a 160 thermostat, why did you program the fans to come on at 160?
Why not set the fans to come on 180 for the low and 188 for the high speed.
Also here is a write up for correctly filling the coolant system, start from #13
click here
I have used the write up over and over and never had a problem.