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DRG1
05-15-2003, 02:41 AM
My car-95 with a black top sr, basic mods, greddy fmic, etc etc, some custom aluminum radiator and a HIGE 15" FAL electric fan. WHen I first had the car with the swap, I had some small electric fan on it and it overheated, so I threw on two 10 inch fans and it still overheated, then I threw on the stock clutch fan and it STILL overheated, the coolant was burped correctly and had no air pockets that I know of, I also tried straight water with no coolant. When it still read H, I went to take the Thermostat housing off to replace the thermostat, but there was no thermostat to be changed SO I just put the new one on and tried that...didn't do anything. Do you guys have any idea what else it can be? waterpump not pumping? guage reading wrong on cluster? keep in mind, the guage reached H and sometimes past H but never reached it's bioling point and never overflowed. Also, the lower radiator hose isn't as hot as the top one, so I'm guessing it isn't getting any flow. PLEASE HELP

*before I take off the water pump to check it...do they use gaskets or RTV?