Wife says peppermint from the garden will keep 'em away. I better change that hose out.I usually put Bounce fabric softener sheets that go in the dryer. Mice seem to not like that stuff and I feel like it’s not going to catch fire.
You should look at the backside of your radiator. The cooling fins rot off the tubes over time.
Surprisingly good. I've been around as much of the corners, edges, and tanks as I can with a mirror and don't see anything that concerns me.Cool. Whats the rest of it look like?
Maybe remove radiator and have it flow and pressure tested.Pictures suck for inspecting this stuff. Your kind of on your own with if that passes or not. But sounds to me like your radiator is a pretty likely cause. Once your going 15 mph your fan is not needed. You should check it to make sure it's moving air, but not likely causing any overtemp at speeds. Your talking about your truck running a little hot but not boiling over. Yet.
I could, but would likely hesitate to put a 25 yr old rad back in service anyway so I'd replace it at that point. I can't see the inside of course (fluid is clean and bright green [not orange though]) but I've been over the outside of it pretty good. No debris, dirt, brittle or bent fins, pin holes.Maybe remove radiator and have it flow and pressure tested.
Do rodents chew heater hose? Can't think what else this could be. There's nothing close by to chaffe it.
Hadn't thought of that. You might be right.the factory heater hose is a reducer. That looks like someone jammed a straight hose over the bigger end and it exceeded its elasticity and ripped on the outside
Keep in mind that if this was a regular old Chevy with only an electric fan, it might not get turned on till 211F. Might even go as high as 220. So if it’s not boiling over it’s not overheatingForgot to mention I found this when I was looking around under the hood after experiencing high temps - 211 F Yikes! Steep uphill on loose shot rock. Heater full on, hood popped but still had to shut down for a bit to cool off. Using Ultragauge for temp gauge. Brakes were weak as well coming down as coolant temp got up there (related?). Low range first was struggling to hold it and the brakes weren't much help. Not really used to an auto box off road yet. Really wanted a stick and clutch today.
He’s always right. I was wrong 2 times last year. The second time I thought I was wrong but I wasn’t. I count thatHadn't thought of that. You might be right.
I have a 200K mile GEMS 4.0 that's on all its original seals and gaskets. It too stays in the 180 to mid 190's in normal driving conditions but when it's under considerable load it will climb to 210-215. I'm thinking this is it telling me I am due for a HG job.I could, but would likely hesitate to put a 25 yr old rad back in service anyway so I'd replace it at that point. I can't see the inside of course (fluid is clean and bright green [not orange though]) but I've been over the outside of it pretty good. No debris, dirt, brittle or bent fins, pin holes.
The car runs low 180's to low 190's normally. The low range uphill crawling was the first time I saw 200 degrees.
What's the electronic logic for the condenser fans? I haven't owned a vehicle with AC before and haven't tried it yet on this car. A switch to kick the fans on might help a bit.
I have a 200K mile GEMS 4.0 that's on all its original seals and gaskets. It too stays in the 180 to mid 190's in normal driving conditions but when it's under considerable load it will climb to 210-215. I'm thinking this is it telling me I am due for a HG job.