I was having problems with circulation back just before Carlisle. Replaced the thermy back then, it cycled twice then quit uzzled:. Yesterday I flushed the radiator and block, got some gunk out, left the thermy in and tried it. Still didn't cycle :rant:. Took the thermy out and it was circulating great :TU: . Decided to try some mid-to-WOT throttle blasts (by hand, along side car) as I haven't had it there yet. The engine sounded good and strong but on the 3rd blip something went :shock:, don't really know what just yet as everything seems good and tight in the waterpump and clutch fan. My Spidey sense tells me to look at the motor mounts. It folded one blade almost 180*. Thankfully it's just a Modine replacement rad. This and having a bleeder strip out ended me going to the cruise today. Could of been worse. Lon OO====OO
Lon, at Englishtown last year, I kept having trouble with my water pump housing leaking. On the 3rd time out, after tightening the bolts and refilling the radiator again, it finally happened. The water pump actually split into 2 separate pieces, a front half, which traveled with the clutch fan through my radiator, and a back half, which remained attached to the water pump housing. In my effort to remain "stock appearing", I had kept my original style 7 blade clutch fan assembly on the car. BAD, REAL DUMB, STUPID idea!!!!! Get the Mopar Performance 5 blade replacement. When that clutch assembly fails and goes into direct drive mode, the results really stink. The only good thing about that whole episode, was that I shaved off 18lbs. with my replacement aluminum radiator. :laugh: I also shaved several hundred $$ out of my wallet to re-learn a lesson. :rant:
