Running high temp???
Thread Starter
11 Second Club
iTrader: (35)
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 4,798
Likes: 54
From: Skippack, PA
Running high temp??? I just got the car started after the LT header install. I also installed a 160* thermostat and I'm currently running open headers. The temp guage at first went to the red when I drove it and low coolant appeared on the dash. I filled it up with coolant and now that signal is gone. The car is running a constant 230* right after the 210* mark. Is that normal? I assume the computer just needs to adjust to the 160* thermostat??? Thanks for your help.
BTW: open headers is sick!!!!!!!!!! too loud for daily driving lol
BTW: open headers is sick!!!!!!!!!! too loud for daily driving lol
Originally Posted by StealthFormula
I just got the car started after the LT header install. I also installed a 160* thermostat and I'm currently running open headers. The temp guage at first went to the red when I drove it and low coolant appeared on the dash. I filled it up with coolant and now that signal is gone. The car is running a constant 230* right after the 210* mark. Is that normal? I assume the computer just needs to adjust to the 160* thermostat??? Thanks for your help.
BTW: open headers is sick!!!!!!!!!! too loud for daily driving lol
BTW: open headers is sick!!!!!!!!!! too loud for daily driving lol
did you make sure to bleed your coolant system? i know when i first installed my headers i had to bleed the lines a couple times so the temp would stop creeping that high. you also get used to the sound of open headers. drove with them for a couple months after my y-pipe was badly damaged. nothing much better than to have a cop stop you at a light and tell you the car sounds good even after finding out the exhaust is open.
Thread Starter
11 Second Club
iTrader: (35)
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 4,798
Likes: 54
From: Skippack, PA
Originally Posted by FlamingChicken
did you make sure to bleed your coolant system? i know when i first installed my headers i had to bleed the lines a couple times so the temp would stop creeping that high. you also get used to the sound of open headers. drove with them for a couple months after my y-pipe was badly damaged. nothing much better than to have a cop stop you at a light and tell you the car sounds good even after finding out the exhaust is open.
