cooling headachs

[Wietse]

Don’t buy an aluminum radiator with electric fans mounted in a flat shroud, that just compounds your problem.

I agree with that, i read more stories of people having more issues with alu aftermarket radiators than they found that their cooling system had become better.

 

[moparsquid]

Does it have a shroud and u way want to do the sampling of cooling water for head gasket leak

no shroud and i've looked into getting a new rad with shroud and cooling fans also i have a kit i just got to test for exhaust leaks which i suspect is the problems the heads i got of of the internet i didnt test

 

[moparsquid]

i thank everyone's suggestion's i've done my test and unfortunately i have exhaust in my cooling like i said i believe its the heads so next step is to pull the heads and have them checked thanks again

 

[1STMP]

I agree with that, i read more stories of people having more issues with alu aftermarket radiators than they found that their cooling system had become better.

On a freshly built 440.
2 core (1" tubes) aluminum
radiator, 3800 cfm electric
fan w/shroud, fan driven
trans oil cooler, 185 deg
t-stat.
On a 100 deg day at 4200 ft
in stop and go traffic it rarely
reaches 190 deg. The trick
to running an aluminum
radiator is to add some
"waterwetter". It reduces
the surface tension of the
rad fluid which reacts
differently in aluminum
tubes.
Also, aluminum radiators
are rated as to horsepower
levels. Too many cheap
out and buy a radiator
that's not up to those
requirements.