steve from staten island
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I posted about lack of heat in my car. Its a new build and I'm working the bugs out. What happened was i think the car is not getting hot enough. Don't ask as I'm to embarrassed to tell but the water supply heater hose to the water valve came off with the car running and hot. I got a face full of hot anti freeze. The pressure behind it was like a broken water supply pipe, i was surprised at how much pressure the pump puts out. The car was running for awhile and while the water was hot, it was not hot enough to burn me. I refilled the system and with a rag covering the intake of air to the rad in a small garage i still cannot get the water temp past half way on the gage. When i got it into the beginning of the part of the gauge were it would be operating temp the air from the heater did start to heat up.....So I'm thinking at the half way point on the gauge the air would be hot. The engine is a stock 383, it was a factory air car and came with a 26 inch rad plus when i had the rad done over it got a 3 core. I dont recall what temp the thermostat is but i know its not higher temp. Im pulling it tonight to check
Im really thinking this car has a to high capacity cooling setup and is running to cold. Now when i was charging the AC and had the car running in my one car garage when it was 95 degrees outside it still didn't get to the operating part on the gauge.
What do you think as i just dont know and thanks
Im really thinking this car has a to high capacity cooling setup and is running to cold. Now when i was charging the AC and had the car running in my one car garage when it was 95 degrees outside it still didn't get to the operating part on the gauge.
What do you think as i just dont know and thanks