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Old 12-03-2019, 07:40 PM   #2
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Default Re: Erratic Water Temps in '56 Y block

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Originally Posted by Bonniewwyn View Post
Car is a T Bird. When we bought this car temp gauge read hot after only driving a few miles, Stopped at a friends shop and they have a heat gun...motor was reading 180 but gauge was pegged. ...
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Originally Posted by KULTULZ View Post
... If you have a BIRD, you need to be aware of other cooling system design flaw(s).
If the actual running Temp is pretty normal you may not need to change anything else once the gauge is working well.

Here are a few things that can be worked on or improved if the engine is running too hot. See these links...

In addition to the several overheating causes mentioned, note the 3 photos at the bottom of the page at this first link.
https://www.ctci.org/gilsgarage/1955...d-overheating/

https://www.ctci.org/cracked-exhaust-manifold/

https://thunderbird.us/

https://www.ctci.org/1957-thermostat/

https://www.classictbird.com/Water-P...ctinfo/8501HO/

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