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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 03:33 AM
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are you pressure testing it full ? It needs to be completely full
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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 05:30 AM
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that does sound a lot like a sticking thermostat as well
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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 05:39 AM
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lol make sure no one put the thermal stat in backwards..lol iv seen it before ;P
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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 09:55 AM
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Its the thermostat... Feels like I just went threw 17 pages of bullshit on a '95 Cobra that had the same god damn issues and people told him heads, head gaskets, intake gaskets, and all this other bullshit. Replace the thermostat with a 160* from Discount and have fun.
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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by SpankReasY
lol make sure no one put the thermal stat in backwards..lol iv seen it before ;P

seen that more than once
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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 04:19 PM
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does a thermostat make a car misfire? just asking...
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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 04:27 PM
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lol, never mind, thought this was $hawns thread!!
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Old Nov 3, 2009 | 01:48 AM
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Drill a 1/8 inch hole in the t-stat edge to burp air.Mr Gasket are reliable stats.
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Old Nov 3, 2009 | 02:14 AM
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does a thermostat make a car misfire? just asking...
Sure.... after it blows teh head gaskets
BUT a new T-stat wont fix that
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Old Nov 3, 2009 | 07:50 AM
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I miss read it, my bad... I just skimmed through it and did'nt see about the misfire and rough idle.
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