Re: 1984 Dodge, intermittent overheat?
Originally posted by heycods:<br /> First thought is, sir you got a lead foot. Next if your gonna do all that to it there is no way I would go that far into the motor without doing a complete overhaul Rings Inserts cam bearings, and miking shaft and cyls.<br /> I don't know how many miles you have on it, But never do a valve job on a motor with high or med high miles on it. Just asking for trouble. broke rings ect. When you change heads, you will of course have a valve job on the new ones, that is going to increase compression which in turn causes the rings to flex more,then they brake.<br /> which engine 360 or 318. I have a good elderbrock high rise that came off my old motor home, its taking up space in my junk pile?<br />Its off a 360. <br /> I had a dodge 84 mod. 3/4 ton with a 360 in it. I pulled the 360 and dropped in a 383 out of an old Chrysler in it, she was quite the runner.
lead foot, just a bit
I was thinking of refreshing the motor this year anyway, but I was wanting to wait for warmer weather, the shad tree has no leaves
but if you want to get that intake out of your way email me at r54w04(at)yahoo(dot)com looks like I'll be doing the overhaul sooner than I wanted.<br /><br />
Originally posted by dolluper:<br /> What's the condition of the RAD???or maybe wrong temp of stat need a 160 running that hard
I had put an over sized (larger with more cores) in it because the original started leaking and I had it. But the tank is blown almost off the top now. It was fairly clean inside.<br /><br />
Originally posted by deputydawg:<br /> So many possibilities. Could have been a plugged radiator or enough junk in the cooling system to plug up the water ports.<br /><br />Sounds like a problem we used to have when I was running stock cars. At high speeds the water is circulating too fast. The water needs to stay in the radiator for a few minutes to cool. If circulating too fast it will overheat, until the RPM's come down.<br /><br />I would go ahead and pull the engine while replacing the parts. Changing what you are going to will not eliminate the heating problem. Pull it and have it boiled out at machine shop. When you put things back together, go with new water pump. Replace both radiator hoses and heater hoses in case they are collapsing. Finally check and replace all belts. They may be slipping at high RPM's.
If it happened gradual and regular I would go with the radiator partly plugged up, but it only happens about every 2 months, 3 times in all that it has overheated on me. coolant moving to fast through it was also an idea I had, but then it would do it all the time. I am on the turnpike at these speeds at least every other weekend and most of the time it's fine, but when it ain't
and I am most likely going to pull it for a refresh, but it's only got 150,000 on it
also belts and hoses have been replaced in the last year, ya I know it doesn't make them good,,,,,,,<br /><br />I got it, the girl friend is going to have to move closer
