New radiator in couple of questions

[imiceman44]

ok I got a Gates 195 degree t-stat. Only one I could find that wasnt a stant. Couldnt find one lower then 195 either. At Idle it stays at 195 and the coolant dropped when it did hit. I raides the front of the truck this time too.

Take it down the road and it climbs to about 200 and stays there. Take it back to the longer bridge and the temps start to climb to 215 but im giving a good bit of the go pedal, not flooring it though. As im still going up the hill it drops suddenly from 215 to 200. On the way down and the rest of the way on the freeway it stay at 210. Once off the FW it drops back down to 195. I have a sunpro temp gauge. Possible the gauge is funky?


LOl btw I do have a 10 bolt, 4 leaf packs and other junk in the bed on top of the 8 inch lift and 35's

Well after changing the Tstat you are getting normal behaviour.
You do have a Turbo and with your foot in it you will see more than our flat line so I think you fixed it.

And Max, my bad I meant to say rich, I know it's the opposite of gas.
Gas overheats when lean, diesel when it's rich.

 

[Russell]

My engine heats up when I'm pulling up a hill too, I'm thinking that I may have my fuel turned up a hair on the high side. I haven't got my EGT gauge installed yet, just my boost gauge. Making a healthy 8 PSI at full boost.

 

[stoney126]

mine is reading 12 pounds, if i floor it I get a reading of 15 psi.

 

[Russell]

That would explain the higher temps on hills! You need to regulate that boost down to a max of 10 PSI for an engine without an intercooler. Bit dangerous to be running that much boost, esspecially with stock headgaskets, head bolts and pistons.