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cooling problems #1237374 05/21/12 08:49 PM 05/21/12 08:49 PM
Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 142 Fredericton NB Canada 4 471b1dart OP member
471b1dart OP member 4 Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 142 Fredericton NB Canada	took my road runner for a short drive and it got up to 250* , came home changed thermostat same thing again , took therostat out , same problem , Its a 70 with a 383 pretty much stock, 26" rad that looks new , but noticed not much coolant circulating could the water pump go bad with out leaking??

Re: cooling problems [Re: 471b1dart] #1237375 05/21/12 09:23 PM 05/21/12 09:23 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 28,068 Irving, TX feets Senior Management
feets Senior Management Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 28,068 Irving, TX	It's rare for a pump to fail where it won't move water. Maybe the rotor fell off. I guess you opened the radiator then warmed up the engine to see if water was moving? Is the upper radiator hose getting hot? Grab a temp gun and start looking for cold spots in the cooling system. That will show you where the water isn't moving. We are brothers and sisters doing time on the planet for better or worse. I'll take the better, if you don't mind. - Stu Harmon

Re: cooling problems [Re: 471b1dart] #1237376 05/21/12 09:57 PM 05/21/12 09:57 PM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,041 Lincoln Nebraska R RapidRobert Circle Track
RapidRobert Circle Track R Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,041 Lincoln Nebraska	partly plugged rad. I'm assuming there's a proper fan/shroud in place live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth

Re: cooling problems [Re: RapidRobert] #1237377 05/21/12 10:14 PM 05/21/12 10:14 PM
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EF8aar member Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 149 New York	RapidRobert ... you helped me out with my problem on my 340 last year. It ended up being a worn pump shaft where the impeller would freewheel intermittently... I never thought it was possible, and it was the craziest thing to sort out, but in the end it was the easiest fix... https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/show...rue#Post6857083

Re: cooling problems [Re: feets] #1237378 05/21/12 10:18 PM 05/21/12 10:18 PM
Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 142 Fredericton NB Canada 4 471b1dart OP member
471b1dart OP member 4 Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 142 Fredericton NB Canada	both hoses getting hot , has a recored rad a 7 blade none clutch fan , also has the shroud

Re: cooling problems [Re: 471b1dart] #1237379 05/21/12 11:28 PM 05/21/12 11:28 PM
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ahy master A Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 7,664 IN	Pretty easy to pull the WP and check it out. That's what I'd do next.

Re: cooling problems [Re: RapidRobert] #1237380 05/22/12 09:35 PM 05/22/12 09:35 PM
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471b1dart OP member 4 Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 142 Fredericton NB Canada	pretty sure I found the problem , the lower rad hose is collapsing as soon as you take the engine any amount above Idle, it sat and idled 30+min at 190* but climbed steady and fast when reving the engine. thanks for all the sugestions on where to look

Re: cooling problems [Re: 471b1dart] #1237381 05/22/12 09:37 PM 05/22/12 09:37 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 12,589 Sacramento, CA cal_gecko I Live Here
cal_gecko I Live Here Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 12,589 Sacramento, CA	Quote: pretty sure I found the problem , the lower rad hose is collapsing as soon as you take the engine any amount above Idle, it sat and idled 30+min at 190* but climbed steady and fast when reving the engine. thanks for all the sugestions on where to look I had the same problem... I tried finding a lower rad hose that had the wire spring in it, and had no luck. I bought a generic upper rad hose in the same diameter that had the spring inside it, .. pulled the spring out, and put it in my lower hose.. no more collapsing hose

Re: cooling problems [Re: cal_gecko] #1237382 05/22/12 10:22 PM 05/22/12 10:22 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 28,068 Irving, TX feets Senior Management
feets Senior Management Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 28,068 Irving, TX	I fixed that problem with a wire coat hanger. We are brothers and sisters doing time on the planet for better or worse. I'll take the better, if you don't mind. - Stu Harmon

Re: cooling problems [Re: feets] #1237383 05/23/12 06:40 AM 05/23/12 06:40 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,906 Athens, Greece Pyper70 master
Pyper70 master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,906 Athens, Greece	Quote: I fixed that problem with a wire coat hanger. ^^^ What he said....coat hanger and a PVC pipe...coil it around and slip it in Family owned 1969 Charger R/T DualQuad 440/727/GVO/3.55s

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