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Per the saga on my other thread, I have done the top end, manifold, and gone through the whole cooling system on my cruiser. I finally have it running 190o ish under normal driving conditions without the A/C on. I took the rig over memorial day for a real shakedown run from Nor Cal to Joshua Tree, some wheeling, and back. Crossing the Mohave desert yesterday at 65-70mph with the A/C blasting on High my temps climbed to 212o and held steady. When exiting the freeway seemed to get hotter and the stock gauge was still in the white but almost to overheating (spiked up close to 220o but not quite there).
When the A/C is off, max is around 200o (climbing up 58 over the pass in Tehachapi).
The temps in the Mohave desert were around 90-95oF. I am continuing to be paranoid about cooling on the cruiser so I would appreciate any baselines that people have regarding hot outside temps with A/C.
Today I did replace the "champion" radiator cap on the aluminum radiator with a seiki unit. There are no coolant leaks that I can detect. I do have some kind of exhaust leak that I need to track down (sucks as I just did the manifold gaskets). It may be the j-pipe gasket but more investigation is required. No difference in running temps (heat wave in the bay area)
Do temps of 212o with 90-95o outside seem correct or are there more issues I need to chase down?
Per the saga on my other thread, I have done the top end, manifold, and gone through the whole cooling system on my cruiser. I finally have it running 190o ish under normal driving conditions without the A/C on. I took the rig over memorial day for a real shakedown run from Nor Cal to Joshua Tree, some wheeling, and back. Crossing the Mohave desert yesterday at 65-70mph with the A/C blasting on High my temps climbed to 212o and held steady. When exiting the freeway seemed to get hotter and the stock gauge was still in the white but almost to overheating (spiked up close to 220o but not quite there).
When the A/C is off, max is around 200o (climbing up 58 over the pass in Tehachapi).
The temps in the Mohave desert were around 90-95oF. I am continuing to be paranoid about cooling on the cruiser so I would appreciate any baselines that people have regarding hot outside temps with A/C.
Today I did replace the "champion" radiator cap on the aluminum radiator with a seiki unit. There are no coolant leaks that I can detect. I do have some kind of exhaust leak that I need to track down (sucks as I just did the manifold gaskets). It may be the j-pipe gasket but more investigation is required. No difference in running temps (heat wave in the bay area)
Do temps of 212o with 90-95o outside seem correct or are there more issues I need to chase down?