well i just got done driving all over town and romping on my car, i had the heat on full blast to help it cool down and as soon as i got out of the car i poped the hood and looked at everything. the motor was really hot. i grabed the bottom radiator hose and noticed it was really cold! i have a fluidyne radiator installed.

is this correct or am i missing something? the water goes in the motor from the top and exits where the thermo is correct?

please someone give me some info this is stressing me out

 

no one?

 

its fine

top is hot ....to radiator
bottom is cold...away from radiator

 

thanks, dam that makes me really feel good about the fluidyne because the hose was nice and cold

 

after engine completely warmmed up both radiator hoses are at same temp, b/c themostat was open and all coolant temp equal. looks like you have a problem. air in coolant system or thermostat isn't opening causing your car to over heat<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Dan GSR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">its fine

top is hot ....to radiator
bottom is cold...away from radiator</TD></TR></TABLE>

wrong! liquid move from top of radiator to engine and back to bottom hose of radiator.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by MaxSterling &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">after engine completely warmmed up both radiator hoses are at same temp, b/c themostat was open and all coolant temp equal. looks like you have a problem. air in coolant system or thermostat isn't opening causing your car to over heat

wrong! liquid move from top of radiator to engine and back to bottom hose of radiator.</TD></TR></TABLE>

remind me not to let you work on my car, cuz you dont know your ****

water goes from the head, to the top of the radiator, cools down, come out the bottom of the radiator, thru the thermstat, and back into the block

So STFU

and make sure you know your **** before you go off on people

you need to look at all his fact

first he lives in Denver, the mile high city, so its going to cold as hell right now
and he has a fluidyne, and he had his heater on full blast to cool things down,
that tells me that his cooling system was working too well,

it would be normal to see the water coming out of the radiator to be cool to the touch



Modified by Dan GSR at 9:40 AM 1/31/2004

 

can you say OWNED ?

http://static.howstuffworks.co...m.swf

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Dan GSR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">can you say OWNED ?</TD></TR></TABLE>

OWNED

 

is the car over heating? if so, when was the last time you changed your thermostat?

 

OW3ND!

 

OW3ND!!!!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by andrew ef &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">is the car over heating? if so, when was the last time you changed your thermostat?</TD></TR></TABLE>

no its not overheating. i just changed the thermo like 2-3 months ago when i put in my fluidyne, i also changed the hoses at the same time. the bottom hose have pressure and feels like there is water in it so i dont think its air in the system.

 

its fine. Trust me.

Only time the bottom hose will be hot is either on a hot day after alot of driving, or if you really romp on the car for a long period of time (IE a long section of twisty backroads where you dont go below 5000rpm), then pull right over.

 

ok if it is not overheating then water is circulating, sounds like the fluidine is kicking ***. but i bet if you let it idle for a while the lower hose will be warm but with these temps and driving around it most likely will be cool. but the confusing part is you say its not over heating but you said you had the heater on to cool things down????

"well i just got done driving all over town and romping on my car, i had the heat on full blast to help it cool down "

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by agrn93ls &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ok if it is not overheating then water is circulating, sounds like the fluidine is kicking ***. but i bet if you let it idle for a while the lower hose will be warm but with these temps and driving around it most likely will be cool. but the confusing part is you say its not over heating but you said you had the heater on to cool things down????

"well i just got done driving all over town and romping on my car, i had the heat on full blast to help it cool down "</TD></TR></TABLE>

i just always worry that its to hot after i beat on it

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Dan GSR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">its fine

top is hot ....to radiator
bottom is cold...away from radiator</TD></TR></TABLE>



all you need to know.

oh, and just for effect: OWNED!!

lol....

 

yeah i was wondering that same ? when i was lookin at my rad, one was real cold n 1 was hot so i know everthings workin well

 

it should be at least warm if its cold the ur thermostat might not be working. but if your temp guage doesnt say its hot then i guess its not. i was running a fluidyn and it was atleast warm.

 

Maybe he was thinking of reverse-flow cooling....

I wonder why it hasn't caught on more.
http://www.theherd.com/articles/lt1_cool.html

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sumyungguy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">it should be at least warm if its cold the ur thermostat might not be working. but if your temp guage doesnt say its hot then i guess its not. i was running a fluidyn and it was atleast warm.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah, I'm with sumyungguy...........bottom hose shouldn't be cold after the thermostat opens

 

you guys need to keep in mind where he lives
and what time of year it is

its winter and he's in Denver colorado


not sunny California

 

The bottom hose should be cold, even if the thermostat does open. When it opens, it lets the hot coolant into the radiator (and remember, the thermostat opens to allow the hot coolant to leave the block, so cooler coolant can come in). This hot coolant is now flowing through the radiator, waiting to be cooled down. With tempatures that low and alot of air passing through the radiator, it is going to cool the coolant down drastically. Now this is being sent back into the engine, at a low temp, which is good, b/c that means the radiator is doing its job. This cold coolant will hit the cylinder walls and heat up again, and the process repeats. My radiator did the same thing in the winter, and I always had very hot heat in my car.