ok, my heater control valve or whatever its called got replaced yesterday, then since i had no coolant to really replace it i went to jiffy lube to get it topped off, then, when it exploded onto someguys hand it was all poop colored, so they tried to flush it out and give it some treatment, well, then my poo colored coolant exploded all over some guys head, so today i took out the radiator and took it to get cleaned, i also replaced the thermostat with a higher one (whats the goodness in having a 205* thermostat??) so when im doing all this i notice that everything, i mean everything, inside the tubes inside the thermostat housing, its rusty, and is turning my coolant rusty, what can this do to my engine? should i just change the engine and all the coolant components because im screwed or what?? thanks guys

 

205 thermostat?? why? u will probably need to have ur coolent system cleaned out with some cooling system cleaner from autozone, or jiffy lube could put some in for you too. just put it in, read the instructions and it should take out ALOT of that gunk. and you need to clean the whole system not just the radiator, goto auto zone and pick up a bottle of COOLENT system cleaner, not radiator cleaner, or 10 minute flush, but an actual cleaner, put that in and drive it for a couple hours or so. let it cool down, flush the system and fill it back up, and u may need to do it again a few more times. and make sure when u fill it back up to put in some corrosion protector.

and keep people from pooping in ur coolent system

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- David
88' GTA 5.7L TPI MODS---> air foil, K&N, Shift Kit, 180* therm, TB bypass, Gutted CAT, Flowmaster 80 Series Muffler added to Unkown CatBack, Ported Intake

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[This message has been edited by breathment (edited November 21, 2001).]

 

it could also be barrs leak or something. this stuff is poop colored

 

well i just found out that my radiator was all squishy inside... so i need a new one... i always try to go by if you replace it, get something better, but the difference is 175$, compared to 500$.... im so screwed!!!! but hey its still fun, i wish i had kept the radiator so i could kick it a buncha times. o well,oh and the 205 thermostat, i thought i heard a buncha people having it in ther cars, so i said why the hell not, and also advanced auto said it was recommended, yeah that means it rules.

 

205* degree thermostat... that auto place is on drugs. I don't even recommend a 195* in a thirdgen. I use a 180* in mine all the time and have a 160* right now just because it's a new engine. 205*... there's goes the lifespan of your engine.



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1986 Trans AM
355 TPI
4 Wheel Disc Brakes
9 bolt Borg Warner Rear (2.77's....oh joy) :P
6" rods, approx. 9.7:1 Compression, Stock TPI (soon to be ported), 24#/hr LTI injectors (cleaned and flowmatched by Cruizin Performance), Hedman Shorty Headers, 3" exhaust with 80 series flowmaster, SBC 993 heads completely redone and modified for 1.6 RR, 1.52 RR (for now), Comp Cams XE262-14 TPI Cam, Holley AFPR, TPIS airfoil, MSD wires, MSD 6-AL Ignition, Hypertech 53,000 volt coil.

Track times to come.

 

For $500, you can get 2 or 3 radiators for one of these cars... try www.radiators.com or www.partsamerica.com

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