SD> cooling issues

[David Chester]

I have had this same issue and pursued all the usual suspects, but  
what wound up fixing the problem was simply a new radiator. As  
someone told me, just because it appears to be unclogged and flowing,  
it may not be passing coolant quickly enough. No use trying to clean  
out these plastic wonders, just get a new one.  I believe they are  
not too expensive for the Turbo I and TII cars, so you might want to  
try it out.


David Chester
Las Vegas, NM
92 Spirit R/T
71 W100
77 New Yorker 440
68 D100  383
68 Dart 340 4-speed
80 Dodge Aspen Dirt Track 340
00 Dakota 4.7 5-speed
Many Parts


On Apr 3, 2008, at 5:23 PM, Moparmat2000 at aol.com wrote:
hi all

i have a bit of a problem with my 87 turbo lebaron. specifically cooling
issues. after a drive on the freeway approx 60 65 MPH i end up with  
coolant
boiling up and bubbling out into my overflow tank. this car has a new  
radiator, new
thermostat, new water pump all approx 2 years old. fan does turn on,  
i already
checked. temp runs slightly over 1/2 after an average 14 mile run to  
work.

there is no water mixing with oil, no white smoke cloud behind it.  
the car
does have worn piston rings and some blow by since it has over 150K  
on it. i
catch the blow by in a makeshift catch can. it didnt seem to run this  
hot last
year when the fuel pump died. i finally got around to changing it out  
last
weekend.

any ideas?? possibly having the blow by is causing it to get too hot  
maybe? i
know its probably time for a rebuild. i will likely go looking for a  
turbo
2.2 short block i can freshen up and swap out. i just wasnt wanting  
to do it as
of yet.  financial constraints. the engines head and turbo are all  
redone and
work fine.

any ideas what it could be?
possible quicky solutions to keep it running awhile longer?

thanks
mat


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