On the parkway, my car sits at about 225-230*. What would cause this? It used to sit at 200-210*. I've checked my coolant level and it's fine. Could it be that it needs to be flushed out?
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Red 95 Trans Am: M6, Moroso CAI, Magnaflow, Spohn sway bars, back to life as of 2/15/10!!!
SOLD- Kinda miss it
94 Del Sol VTEC: 27 city/ 33 highway, knee deep in slowness
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It it possible the air dam has been damaged?Fred
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With the exception of some scraping along the bottom, the air dam looked to be in excellent shape the last time I looked. That was some time back though. I'll go check it out before work. It's strange. If I were to downshift to 3rd and punch it, the temperature drops by a considerable amount. Then it shoots right back up again.Red 95 Trans Am: M6, Moroso CAI, Magnaflow, Spohn sway bars, back to life as of 2/15/10!!!
SOLD- Kinda miss it
94 Del Sol VTEC: 27 city/ 33 highway, knee deep in slowness
SOLD- Good riddance!
2006 Ford Fusion: 2.3, 5 speed, could run 15lbs of boost with a 150 shot and it'd still be slowComment
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Same thing happened to me, all of a sudden out of no where it began running hot. The car also began to sputter (whole different thing). I flushed it and all is well. My coolant sludged up over the winter.
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That's hot even under your normal temps. Mine sits under 180 when cruising, rising above 220 only when I sit in traffic. If you air dam checks out, flush your cooling system. Dexcool gets sludgy after a while.Al 96 Ram Air T/A
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Waterpump, bad radiator cap, coolant system leak, thermostat sticking open and allowing coolant to pass through the radiator to fast, etc.
It's always a good idea to start with performing a coolant system pressure test and a cap pressure test.
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Thanks for the replies fellas. The air dam is still in one piece. No cracks or anything. How do I check the pressures in the coolant system and the cap? Also, how do I go about flushing the coolant? I think that needs to be done. Hasn't been done since I bought the car nearly two years ago. As far as I know, everything on the car is stock. Thanks again.Red 95 Trans Am: M6, Moroso CAI, Magnaflow, Spohn sway bars, back to life as of 2/15/10!!!
SOLD- Kinda miss it
94 Del Sol VTEC: 27 city/ 33 highway, knee deep in slowness
SOLD- Good riddance!
2006 Ford Fusion: 2.3, 5 speed, could run 15lbs of boost with a 150 shot and it'd still be slowComment
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Honestly, flushing the cooling system is well worth the $125 or so the shop will charge. I spent nearly 2 hours trying to bleed all of the air out of the system. I wound up using an extra gallon to account for the spillage while I was bleeding. It's a real pain on the LT1's.
As for the cap, simply buy another one. Their cheap and they do fail...eventually. If the system is not under pressure, the cooling system will not work right.Al 96 Ram Air T/A
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