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<blockquote data-quote="customcj7" data-source="post: 658900" data-attributes="member: 3103"><p>Well it's a duralast special so there is no telling with the water pump. I've wondered as well. Hell it could have been a regular rotation put into a reverse rotation box for all I know, I was a dumbass and didn't check the fin direction before I put it on.</p><p></p><p>I'll put an answer up hopefully soon. With mothers day Sunday, and yesterday was our anniversary I didn't even touch the jeep. Hopefully today I'll take it down the road and see what happens. As best as I can tell I've gotten almost all the air out. This will run it a bit to see if it goes down, then I'll do my exhaust gas test.</p><p></p><p>After that, I have no idea. I guess I'll have to pull the water pump back off, pull the T-stat to check it, and start my diagnosis all over.</p><p></p><p>I had one question about cleaning the block. It's an old marine block which means it never had treated water which means ever year when it sat out over winter, it probably surface rusted. Now I've looked into the ports as best as I can and I didn't see a rusty mess, but the old cast iron is pitted. I used some prestone add a cleaner in the old radiator to try and see if I could clean out any gunk, and not much if anything came out. Should I have used something else? I don't want to use aggressive cleaner on my new aluminum radiator. But if I had to I can throw my old radiator back in and let that thing take the abuse. </p><p></p><p>I wouldn't think it would be that as before I did all this it was operating fine. It had a 195 T-stat and was keeping it there. I'm willing to bet if I had a lower T-stat it would have run cooler. But now, with a new radiator, fan, etc I'm cooking.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="customcj7, post: 658900, member: 3103"] Well it's a duralast special so there is no telling with the water pump. I've wondered as well. Hell it could have been a regular rotation put into a reverse rotation box for all I know, I was a dumbass and didn't check the fin direction before I put it on. I'll put an answer up hopefully soon. With mothers day Sunday, and yesterday was our anniversary I didn't even touch the jeep. Hopefully today I'll take it down the road and see what happens. As best as I can tell I've gotten almost all the air out. This will run it a bit to see if it goes down, then I'll do my exhaust gas test. After that, I have no idea. I guess I'll have to pull the water pump back off, pull the T-stat to check it, and start my diagnosis all over. I had one question about cleaning the block. It's an old marine block which means it never had treated water which means ever year when it sat out over winter, it probably surface rusted. Now I've looked into the ports as best as I can and I didn't see a rusty mess, but the old cast iron is pitted. I used some prestone add a cleaner in the old radiator to try and see if I could clean out any gunk, and not much if anything came out. Should I have used something else? I don't want to use aggressive cleaner on my new aluminum radiator. But if I had to I can throw my old radiator back in and let that thing take the abuse. I wouldn't think it would be that as before I did all this it was operating fine. It had a 195 T-stat and was keeping it there. I'm willing to bet if I had a lower T-stat it would have run cooler. But now, with a new radiator, fan, etc I'm cooking. [/QUOTE]
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