Hey everyone! I got home from work this evening and noticed some vapor coming from under the hood. Popped the hood and sure enough, the smell of coolant hit me immediately. The leak seems to be on the left side of the bay and is getting onto the serpentine belt, which is then flinging it...
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Lately I've been seeing weird fluctuations in my ECTs which prompted me to replace my ECT sensor. Once that was replaced I thought all was fine until one night I noticed my coolant temps drop to 150-160 and then in the drive through after some time had passed they soared up to 244...
So after noticing coolant everywhere, I discovered a pin size hole in one of my coolant tank hoses (one of the 3 hoses connected to the coolant tank).. anyhow No big deal. I removed the hose and took it to AutoZone so that they could measure out and cut me a new hose, at least, that was the...
Hey everyone, I wanted to start a thread for my coolant temp situation and gather more input.
I’ve got a Koyorad aluminum radiator and a TR8 FMIC and I still can’t help but feel like my temps are a bit too high. This is mainly reinforced by seeing forum posts with people claiming sub 200 temps...
If you're like me and have a FMIC, then you've already noticed your coolant temps are stupid high in the summer months. I live in Tucson and our summers are some of the hottest. It wasn't uncommon to see my coolant temps hit 210* on short 15 min drives to work and easily saw 219-228* on the...