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| | | | Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 3,399 Gas Pumper | | Gas Pumper Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 3,399 | my 1959 261 with the 180 degree thermostat runs 180 degrees at the gauge. You are running too hot. Good idea to find out that is causing it. I too have an IR gun, and I don't get numbers that high. The first thing that comes to mind is sediment inside the block (from looking at your numbers).
I wouldn't ignore this.. its too hot. | | | |
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Running hot, what's too hot?
| sfeldma | 08/22/2013 9:47 PM | |
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| Cletis | 08/22/2013 9:52 PM | |
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| Flxible | 08/22/2013 10:00 PM | |
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| joker | 08/22/2013 10:04 PM | |
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| tclederman | 08/22/2013 10:12 PM | |
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| truckernix | 08/22/2013 10:17 PM | |
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| sfeldma | 08/22/2013 10:36 PM | |
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| Hollow65 | 08/22/2013 10:40 PM | |
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| sfeldma | 08/22/2013 11:25 PM | |
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| tclederman | 08/22/2013 11:30 PM | |
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| sfeldma | 08/22/2013 11:58 PM | |
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| Truckrolet | 08/23/2013 5:38 AM | |
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| truckernix | 08/23/2013 2:24 PM | |
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| Cletis | 08/23/2013 3:41 PM | |
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| bartamos | 08/23/2013 5:20 PM | |
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| Deve | 08/23/2013 9:15 PM | |
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| bartamos | 08/23/2013 10:41 PM | |
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| Hollow65 | 08/23/2013 10:50 PM | |
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| joker | 08/23/2013 10:55 PM | |
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| Flxible | 08/23/2013 11:13 PM | |
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| bartamos | 08/23/2013 11:35 PM | |
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| joker | 08/23/2013 11:47 PM | |
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| Hollow65 | 08/24/2013 12:04 AM | |
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| Pre '68 Dave | 08/24/2013 2:17 AM | |
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| Hollow65 | 08/24/2013 3:08 AM | |
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| Joe H | 08/24/2013 9:53 AM | |
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| Pre '68 Dave | 08/24/2013 12:23 PM | |
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| Flxible | 08/24/2013 1:15 PM | |
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| Pre '68 Dave | 08/24/2013 2:40 PM | |
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| Flxible | 08/24/2013 3:40 PM | |
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| Joe H | 08/24/2013 4:17 PM | |
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| bartamos | 08/24/2013 4:43 PM | |
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| tclederman | 08/24/2013 5:15 PM | |
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| Pre '68 Dave | 08/24/2013 5:40 PM | |
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| Flxible | 08/24/2013 6:02 PM | |
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| charles0238 | 08/24/2013 6:56 PM | |
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| bartamos | 08/24/2013 8:31 PM | |
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| 1951Chevy1Ton | 08/24/2013 9:22 PM | |
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| Hollow65 | 08/25/2013 10:12 AM | |
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| Joe H | 08/25/2013 10:49 AM | |
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| 46gmcpu | 08/26/2013 2:23 PM | |
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| rickmg | 08/26/2013 4:12 PM | |
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| joker | 08/26/2013 4:43 PM | |
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| truckernix | 08/26/2013 10:03 PM | |
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| Steve_H | 08/27/2013 2:20 PM | |
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| sfeldma | 09/02/2013 2:26 AM | |
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| Steve_H | 09/03/2013 2:48 AM | |
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| Joe H | 09/04/2013 10:59 AM | |
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| bartamos | 09/17/2013 5:53 PM | |
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