Originally posted by microtonal:
What's confusing ?





The fact that I was trying to help you out with your problem then out of no where ContourRacing20 pops up and answers as if to you. Especially since ContourRacing20 doesn't have one single post in this thread before that. No big deal, just confusing.

Originally posted by microtonal:

That just cludders up the forum.

I did a search and found this thread and decided to continue it instead of creating my own which would be basically the same issue as this thread.



I disagree. I think the general concensus is to just link the old thread to your new one.

Originally posted by microtonal:

ContourRacing20 is stating that he did all the things I did including the radiator check as suggested.



If you didn't pull the radiator(and I didn't read that you did) then you didn't do the "radiator check" as I suggested. The only way you can clean it or even see the debris is to either remove the a/c condensor or remove the radiator. It gets really packed in there. Just hitting it with a pressure washer while it is in the car will not clean it. The radiator is easier to remove so I usually go that route.

I base this on the fact that from your description it appears that there isn't enough volume of air making it through the radiator fins to cool the coolant when you're moving or when the fan kicks on. Based on that I also base this on my experiance of working on cars for over 20 years and owning almost 40 Contiques since 95 (and fixing them). I've found this to be the case many times on ANY vehicle that has the a/c condensor in front of the radiator. On top of that you've replaced everything in the cooling system.

Now there is the possibility that there is nothing wrong with your car at all. The only way to tell true coolant temp is to use a thermometer. If it read right around 200 degrees when the car is warm, then I don't think you have a problem. If it reads about 240 when the fan kicks in then again, I don't think there is a problem, other than the gauge or wiring to the gauge. Another thing that will affect cooling is your coolant mixture. It needs to be 50/50 otherwise your car will run warmer. Adding more straight coolant does not make your car run cooler.

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