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Old 07-20-2010, 12:06 AM
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My car is overheating. I just bought a brand new 350 crate motor. Put my belt setup on it with tpi setup drove it around for a while and it started heating up while driving. I called the company I bought the motor from and they suggested timing which was done with a light. They suggested a new t-stat and its got a new 180 degrees. Dual electric fans always running and aluminum radiator. Any help please.
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Old 07-20-2010, 12:10 AM
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It's a premier engines thunderbolt crate motor
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Old 07-20-2010, 04:21 AM
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is the radiator cap snug
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Old 07-20-2010, 06:40 AM
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double check everything. Just because its new doesnt mean its good.
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Correct water pump?

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Old 07-20-2010, 09:33 AM
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The radiator cap is snug and the water pump was on the 350 i had that stopped working along with the belt setup and the tpi
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fans running? and when mine was a little time i got hot so i would check that
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Fans are both blowing at all times when driving
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out of time
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Correct water pump?
I like this one. You said you put your "belt setup" on it, but what water pump are you using?
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it is the reverse flow water pump from the tpi setup
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