My Ford E350 running a bit hotter
I recently had one of my cylinder heads rebuilt and a new exhaust manifold installed, as well as a new radiator and thermostat - just got back from a trip to Colorado and there were several occasions ...
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Thanks! Great suggestions! A couple of things:
Same thermostat (195F) installed and it was a Motorcraft...
Radiator was an exact replacement - should be the same capacity, nothing got rearranged but I did not replace the lower and upper radiator hoses - they looked fine, but interestingly enough I noticed a very small drip coming from the lower radiator hose just yesterday. I did replace the 3" bypass hose since I had the intake manifold off. Fan shroud is in place, but I need to check all the hoses etc...
One other observation - I had replaced the radiator a few weeks before I ended up pulling the head - so I had to redrain the coolant and I wanted to reuse it so I drained it in to some new drain pans and left it stored like that in my garage for a couple of weeks. Well, over that time it collected some bugs etc. so when I went to put it back in the radiator, I strained it and then filtered it thru some coffee filters. I'm wandering if this somehow affected the coolant? Just a thought...
I was advised to put a cooler thermostat (180F) in to "compensate" for having the head planed...not sure about that advice, but I didn't do it...
Same thermostat (195F) installed and it was a Motorcraft...
Radiator was an exact replacement - should be the same capacity, nothing got rearranged but I did not replace the lower and upper radiator hoses - they looked fine, but interestingly enough I noticed a very small drip coming from the lower radiator hose just yesterday. I did replace the 3" bypass hose since I had the intake manifold off. Fan shroud is in place, but I need to check all the hoses etc...
One other observation - I had replaced the radiator a few weeks before I ended up pulling the head - so I had to redrain the coolant and I wanted to reuse it so I drained it in to some new drain pans and left it stored like that in my garage for a couple of weeks. Well, over that time it collected some bugs etc. so when I went to put it back in the radiator, I strained it and then filtered it thru some coffee filters. I'm wandering if this somehow affected the coolant? Just a thought...
I was advised to put a cooler thermostat (180F) in to "compensate" for having the head planed...not sure about that advice, but I didn't do it...
