FrenchTown,, coolant spews out at idle,, with the cap off, I watched for flow, and I think when the stat opens and the coolant flows it builds in the top tank, as I bring the rpms up the coolant sucks down, so I can get the cap on, Fan shroud is almost impossible,, these setup from gm did not have one,, the fan blades goes below the core at the bottom tank almost 3 inches, and the top of the blade goes past the core at the top of the tank, all the ones I've half fabbed so far look terrible, and nothing really holds it together,
everyone that has looked in the engine bay,, says,mmmmm yeah it really doesn't fit,, has anyone seen one on a box chevy II with the six cylinder rad(18"w x 14"h core).
Tom, Im not really sure on the oil,, chances are, I usually buy castroll probally 10w30, the straight weights are hard to come by,,, I'm not sure why,, I thought of the overflow,,I need one for the track,, but Im confused,, if I put a overflow on it, I assume thats a sealed system,,with the stock open sys, the cap vents to purge, but it doesnt vent to suck back in,, the little purge bung on the rad is between the gaskets on the rad cap,??? or are you reffering to a catch can , so I don't leave little puddles of green everywhere,,The rad shop guy asked me if I purged the air out of the system,, I thought that was kind of worthless with an open type system,,???if not,, how do I do it, on my 96 chevy there is a air bleed on top of the thermo housing,(easy),
Oil level,,?? I have checked for water in the oil,, no milkshake,,but the level is correct,
Timing,, if I remember, I set it at 6degrees advanced,, (with the vac adv, off), when I rev it the timing mark climbs up the damper,, so I assume it is working,, they manually work, the weights slide and the bushing don't bind,,,I recently looked there when I changed to the Igniter II ignition,,the vac advance is on a port vacume signal,and working,,
