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Old 05-30-2006, 02:43 PM
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On the subject of coolant and having enough of it in a FE.......I fired my 390 up this weekend, for the first time, ran it for 15-20 minutes at 2,000-2,300. Temperature reached 195-200F with fans turned on plus house fan in front.
Later, the thought of not having the block completely filled with coolant occured to me. I have an expansion tank and a drilled hole in top part of thermostat.
I loosened the water temperature sending unit in the intake and coolant came running out(motor off). Is this an good indication that the block, heads and intake are filled or is there a tiny space that may still be empty???
Dave
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