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blazer99
11-05-2005, 08:24 PM
about a week ago i noticed my engine temp was a lil high even with 40degree weather.. i check my coolant and it was a lil bit low i topped off didnt help so i had a 180deg stat layin around so i put that in... now its only normal temp when im moving ... when im stoped at a like or traffice it gets 210 or a lil over is this normal? if not what could be wrong?
bigblackone
11-05-2005, 10:35 PM
maybe get it pressure tested?

How does the coolant reservoir look? it should be pulling coolant from there if needed.
jusbo
11-05-2005, 11:36 PM
whats the condition of the radiator? does it have deep imprints of bugs and other road objects? if that looks ok, you could be moving a lot of dirt in there...better flush it out....210 is right in the middle, thats ok, but lower is better.
blazer99
11-06-2005, 01:20 AM
i havent looked at the resivior lately.... the radiator doesnt have any bugs or other shit on it .... looks good i did a flush at the begining of the summer should it need another so fast?
Danny_SS
11-07-2005, 12:24 PM
Actually, I would look at the fan clutch first since it may be slipping.
blazer99
11-07-2005, 02:10 PM
i have an efan on there.
Danny_SS
11-07-2005, 07:01 PM
Did your efan cool your truck properly in the past?
bigblackone
11-07-2005, 08:28 PM
hmmm air in the system would cause it to not cool properly.
blazer99
11-08-2005, 12:20 AM
could a sign of this be air bubbles at the top of the filler hole when putting in coolant? its going in the shop on wed to get my idler arm fixed so maybe i will have them pressure test it as well
Danny_SS
11-08-2005, 09:52 AM
Air in water is not a problem on the S-10's because of the design of the cooling system.
I still wonder about that efan.
blazer99
11-08-2005, 10:02 PM
what about the efan do you wonder about?
sonoma94
11-09-2005, 06:44 AM
you might try looking at getting your radiator flushed its a quick and easy process only about 40$ worked well on my truck i stay below 170 in arizona and im running an efan also
Danny_SS
11-09-2005, 02:16 PM
I asked if the Efan was cooling the engine properly before you started over heating.
blazer99
11-09-2005, 03:54 PM
yeah im thinking bout gettin it pressure tested and flushed ..... oh sorry i didnt see that yeah the fan was keepin cool and workin properly thoughout the summer so i dunno why it wouldnt when its much cooler out