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Old 02-24-2016, 03:28 PM   #1
78F350
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Running a little hot

So, if you see this:



It may be because of this:



Doing this will not help much:



*1997 2.5L engine that is in my '00S. Took it out for it's first drive a few days back. I replaced the WP and put in a 160* thermostat after I got back from the drive. Flushed the ********* out of it, but only got one good sized piece of the impeller. Looks like its been bladeless for quite a while. Engine runs great now, but who knows how much longer. It was going to be a spare engine. For now, I think I'll just drive the cr@p out of it and see if it holds together.
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