My cat seems to be overheating with only about 150kw on her. water pump seems to be good, themalstats are out of the houseing, rad fan is correct rpm. we were only gettin 4 degree drop across the rad so thought it was plugged had a spare clean one so i swamped it out with the other one. i have a bit more drop of 8 degrees but this still anit enough. and the coolant is mixed to 50/50. anyone have any thoughts? i only put down the gmc sierra cause i had to put somthing down. lol
Use 5w30 or synthetic oil. also more antifreeze and less water. NO more that 60/40
The radiator cant do its job without thermostats in place i sudgest fixing that first then checking your hose routing carefuly to assure bleed hose or hoses are installed in thermostat housings and reservoir to engine feed hose is indeed on suction side of water pump if it isnt cavitation of water pump will result when engine is sped up also asure radiator bleed hoses are not obstructed. if no problem is found in thes areas a cloged oil cooler is likley due to rust debris cloging the tubes thru the cooler removal and visual inspection is easil done. clear tubes with a stright piese of coat hanger and power wash if replacement cost is of concern. i am a profesional engine rebuilder and build many cat engines each year and your problem is not uncommon.further more assure your radiator core is clean of dirt and oil as this will cause an engine to overheat quickly with no obvious cause. hope my words have led you in the right direction
the radiator cant do its job without thermostats in place i sudgest fixing that first then checking your hose routing carefuly to assure bleed hose or hoses are installed in thermostat housings and reservoir to engine feed hose is indeed on suction side of water pump if it isnt cavitation of water pump will result when engine is sped up also asure radiator bleed hoses are not obstructed. if no problem is found in thes areas a cloged oil cooler is likley due to rust debris cloging the tubes thru the cooler removal and visual inspection is easil done. clear tubes with a stright piese of coat hanger and power wash if replacement cost is of concern. i am a profesional engine rebuilder and build many cat engines each year and your problem is not uncommon.further more assure your radiator core is clean of dirt and oil as this will cause an engine to overheat quickly with no obvious cause. hope my words have led you in the right direction
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We run 3, 3412 740hp running pumpsat on, 2 of them we were droping inlets valves at 6000hrs & running hot at 103degs in summer we change rads on 2 of them & fit big units size are 2.4h by 2w they hold 180 l of coolant we do run themalstats as well have had fans made ,54in wide blowing fans
now engines are running at 80 to 90 degs old rads were no much biger then 3408 cats with 48in blowing fans we are look in at putting oil coolers on as well we run delo 15/40 oil
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