heat pockets?

[rwhite65]

hahaha, thanks Jester....I was referring to the air being in the system....when I used the wrong term of "heat pockets". Never really had this problem, not sure I am even having this problem, but want to explore the possibilities.

88 workcar, as for removing all the air from the system....I would have to say no. I am not sure how to do that...other then what Jester described...and I am unsure how to even know I have air in the system for sure.
Ryan

[~The Jester~]

Almost no heat (if your heater core is hooked up) STOOPID stuff with the temp gauge, ie sometime hot, sometime cold, bouncing around, etc etc. Overheating for no reason, not heating up the next time for no reason. With me bro?

Another thing to keep in mind is the car's attitude towards coolant. I had a '79 F150 (351M) that would run forever with the coolant about 1.5" from the top. Fill it up, it'd puke it out, right down to that level. Found out, if it's happy there, then leave it alone. Just like women. HA! No, not true. Women are pink on the inside, and bitchy on the outside.

ANYWAYS, why do you have the fan coming on at 70*? Engines need SOME heat in them, especially if you have any "important" parts made of aluminum. 180*-200* is perfectally fine operating temperature. I'd set that fan to kick on around 120* or so. Is that your ONLY cooling fan, or is this an auxillary fan?

[rwhite65]

I got it set to come on around 170* or so. I really dont like it running anything over 190. Since it is not all that hot yet, I am just trying to figure out what it's major malfunction is right now. Plus, I have always been told fords (carbed) perform better when they are cooler.

The car has no power steering, no air, and only has a mild 306 to worry about cooling. The tranny is cooled first by the rad., then by the aux cooler, but my tranny usually runs pretty cool.

This is my only fan, but that big Taurus fan covers the entire radiator surface (almost) of that older style radiator.
Ryan