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Message: <blockquote data-quote="extreme_21" data-source="post: 888038" data-attributes="member: 9565">Did you "just" install the aluminum rad or any part of the cooling system?? Sounds like the cooling system is either not bled correctly or the thermostat is not opening, or installed upside down. Also have you checked what temp does the fans come on? Can you get hot heat out of the interior vents??If all these are good, there shouldn't be any reason of overheating..I have the same rad with a 195F stat, in traffic with the a/c on(fan on), the temp gauge is just alittle shy lower of the mid point. On a cool nite driving at 100kph(60mph) on a highway for a long duration, temp gauge will stay on the 1/4 mark.. and I only have the original fan, hense why I still have the 195F stat..I did notice I had to clamp the small hose from the top of the rad to the overflow, coolant would piss out the small hose from the spouts, vs the original rad didn't have any clamps on the small hose with no leak..though this did not cause overheating, just leaking when at operating temps which made me think it was the rad cap for a while</blockquote>