Ok i live in Tx and we all know how hot it gets here and on a black car as well. I have heard of adding water wetter, also i have heard good and bad about 160 stats. I also was thinking of rewiring the fan to come on with the key my temp stays in the middle however hot thats is. Any help or suggestions please
Wanting to make my motor run colder?
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joekd said:
Cause if your a parinoid freak like me the cooler the car is the more time it takes for it to overheat! Which in turn gives you more time to notice something is wrong
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slo97 said:
no stat isnt the answer, from what ive heard the stat slows the water so it has time to cool in the radiator, no stat no water control
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Thats my reasoning for wanting a cooler stat, gives you more time to find out somethings wrongLee12609 said:
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how long have you ran like that? not gonna lie to you it kind of scares me, messing with a ground is scary business lolGDawg said:
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he said dont ask him, and you ask him...Lee12609 said:
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how far did you drive it and how hot was itslo97 said:
When I changed out my manifold
Some Master Tech told me... lol! I used it on all my manifold changes including when I put my supercharger on. About a month ago I was running a "Solus" diagnostics test and I was running a bit on the cool side. The Master Tech told me that the teflon tape was messing with my ECT ground and that's why I run cool... :dontknow:
Lee12609 said:
Some Master Tech told me... lol! I used it on all my manifold changes including when I put my supercharger on. About a month ago I was running a "Solus" diagnostics test and I was running a bit on the cool side. The Master Tech told me that the teflon tape was messing with my ECT ground and that's why I run cool... :dontknow:
yeah, good guess, but not true.
think about it, all the 96-01 mustang GT's intake manifold and coolant crossover were plastic, so how would ground be present?
the PCM sends a steady voltage through the sensor, as the temperature increases/decreases the resistance changes through the ECT sensor changing the voltage going back to the PCM. you could easily play with some resistors to make your fan come on earlier and stay on longer etc, but it really does no good unless your overheating at very low speeds. the 94-96 mustang GTs suffer from excessive highway temperature, but the fan does a pretty good job keeping the temps down at low speeds.
think about it, all the 96-01 mustang GT's intake manifold and coolant crossover were plastic, so how would ground be present?
the PCM sends a steady voltage through the sensor, as the temperature increases/decreases the resistance changes through the ECT sensor changing the voltage going back to the PCM. you could easily play with some resistors to make your fan come on earlier and stay on longer etc, but it really does no good unless your overheating at very low speeds. the 94-96 mustang GTs suffer from excessive highway temperature, but the fan does a pretty good job keeping the temps down at low speeds.
