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Topic: Radiator cap lbs. help...
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65coupei6
Gearhead Posts: 451
From: S.F., CA
Registered: May 2000
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posted 04-29-2001 09:57 PM
   
I am trying to raise the boiling point of my cooling system. I have a 6 cyl and am using a 13lbs. cap now. What is the highest I can go? 16lbs.? I know the higher I go the more pressure thre is and I have to make sure my hoses and seals are in good shape. Which they should be.
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cpmaverick
Gearhead Posts: 1666
From: Santa Clarita, CA
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 04-29-2001 10:43 PM
You should stick with the 13lb cap. What are you trying to accomplish? Is the car overheating? A higher pound rating cap will not necessarily make more pressure in the system, the water pump does that. More antifreeze will raise the boiling point but it will make the car overheat more easily. You should never reach the boiling point of water (212) anyway.
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steve'66
Gearhead Posts: 8796
From: Sonoma,CA,USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 04-30-2001 04:51 PM
With all due respect Charlie, that pressure is created by expanding fluids caused by heat, and not by the water pump. The fluid gets very hot when it flows through the water jackets near the combustion chambers. The pump just circulates the fluid, to pump pressure into the system it would have to pump something into the system, not just reciculate what is already there. That said, a 13 psi cap should be good, and I'd add water wetter in your mild SF climate. I helps the water conduct heat from the engine and helps transfers it to the radiator core better than plain water and a lot better than antifreeze. You shouldn't have a problem though, so maybe a visit to the radiator doctor is in order.  Good luck, SteveW
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65coupei6
Gearhead Posts: 451
From: S.F., CA
Registered: May 2000
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posted 04-30-2001 09:02 PM
My car doesn't really overheat now. I put in a 160 degree stat. , flushed my system (4-row rad.) and used distilled water plus water wetter and some anti-corrision stuff from Preston. I also added a shroud. The only problem is when the car idles for a long time. Not usually from traffic but from entering and exiting car shows. I guess its just from being overbored.
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I65Stang
Gearhead Posts: 6219
From: Folsom, CA
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 04-30-2001 09:19 PM
Wow, with my 3-row, 13 lb cap and stock fan w/o shroud with just good ol' water and coolant my 200 never overheats even in 100+ degree days sitting in nonmoving traffic. Last summer I was even running a stock 2-row without a problem (no problem when it had the exhaust manifold or with the current header either).------------------
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steve'66
Gearhead Posts: 8796
From: Sonoma,CA,USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 04-30-2001 09:21 PM
Like the Doc said when I said it hurts when I do this. "Don't do that" SteveW
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