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Re: Radiator - to pressurize or not ryanz #1020901 04/11/2014 2:18 AM
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 396 Near Sleepy Eye Minnesota 1 1951Chevy1Ton Shop Shark
1951Chevy1Ton Shop Shark 1 Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 396 Near Sleepy Eye Minnesota	I would NOT pressurize much beyond 4 lbs for fear of blowing the radiator and /or the heater core. If your block and radiator are clean it will cool just fine even at 100 degrees F outside air temperature. Just my opinion. Jerry Jerry

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Subject	Posted By	Posted
Radiator - to pressurize or not	ryanz	04/11/2014 12:28 AM
Re: Radiator - to pressurize or not	Flxible	04/11/2014 12:41 AM
Re: Radiator - to pressurize or not	Volfandt	04/11/2014 1:34 AM
Re: Radiator - to pressurize or not	1951Chevy1Ton	04/11/2014 2:18 AM
Re: Radiator - to pressurize or not	brokenhead	04/11/2014 2:56 AM
Re: Radiator - to pressurize or not	Pre '68 Dave	04/11/2014 3:04 AM
Re: Radiator - to pressurize or not	tclederman	04/11/2014 3:34 AM
Re: Radiator - to pressurize or not	Hotrod Lincoln	04/11/2014 5:40 AM
Re: Radiator - to pressurize or not	Joe H	04/11/2014 3:48 PM
Re: Radiator - to pressurize or not	Wayne67vert	04/11/2014 5:26 PM
Re: Radiator - to pressurize or not	pfarber	04/12/2014 7:37 PM
Re: Radiator - to pressurize or not	tclederman	04/12/2014 11:17 PM
Re: Radiator - to pressurize or not	pfarber	04/13/2014 12:32 PM
Re: Radiator - to pressurize or not	Hotrod Lincoln	04/13/2014 1:34 PM
Re: Radiator - to pressurize or not	brokenhead	04/13/2014 1:48 PM
Re: Radiator - to pressurize or not	tclederman	04/13/2014 2:14 PM
Re: Radiator - to pressurize or not	Flxible	04/13/2014 3:10 PM
Re: Radiator - to pressurize or not	Wrenchbender Ret.	04/13/2014 3:28 PM
Re: Radiator - to pressurize or not	Steve_H	04/13/2014 10:44 PM
Re: Radiator - to pressurize or not	Deve	04/13/2014 11:53 PM
Re: Radiator - to pressurize or not	panic	04/13/2014 11:55 PM
Re: Radiator - to pressurize or not	Flxible	04/14/2014 2:18 AM
Re: Radiator - to pressurize or not	Flxible	04/14/2014 2:22 AM
Re: Radiator - to pressurize or not	Volfandt	04/14/2014 2:34 AM
Re: Radiator - to pressurize or not	Deve	04/14/2014 2:48 AM

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