The waterpump had some crud blocking flow a bit. When I pulled heads I inspected /cleaned passages in block, they looked good.
That's good news. But yes, the smaller passages of the radiator are usually where things can more easily build up too, so you might be on to something with that.
Couple head bolts weren't at proper torque, put new head gaskets and retorqued.
Did any of the cooling issues happen to start, or get worse, after the new gasket install? Just wondering because there are some head gasket issues with certain brands that many have had around here over the past few years.
...I ended up ordering one of those 3 core aluminum rads on ebay last night. How can they do it for $110 shipped, China I guess...
That's exactly how. It can be made, shipped and distributed for less than the cost of just turning the lights on at a factory here. Unfortunately for our factories. Cost of a higher standard of living and fairness to the workers I would guess.
But you have to accept the trade-offs sometimes too, when you get something that's either inferior or fails quickly or happens to include toxic components that are illegal here even to import, but that get missed often enough to make it worth their while.
But hey, it's cheap... And in most cases for companies like Champion at least, the product usually works as advertised.
Should I also try bypassing heater as well. I did blow it out and gludhed it but maybe some crud in there.
Well, other than to avoid contaminating the new clean stuff, I don't see any reason to isolate the heater. It actually adds cooling capacity to the system rather than taking it away.
I would just make sure it's clean and leave it connected.
Paul
