[Clois Harlan]

If your are looking at your engine from the front of your car YOUR water pump probably should turn counterclockwise if the correct water pump was installed.

If you are running a late model (85 or newer block I think) the water pump should turn counterclock wise and use a sepintine belt. If you are running a v-belt then your engine should turn your water pump clockwise. Be sure and bleed the air from your intake because your engine probably sets a lot higher than your radiator. Start your engine and where your temp gauge goes into your intake, you would want to loosen that brass fitting and allow all the air to escape. Let the fluid begin to seap out of that fitting before you tighten it. Then while the engine is running re-fill your radiator. IF all that fails come back and let us know and we can approach this from another direction.

Just another point here, all new engines will run a little hot for a short while because all your bearings are tight and your rotating assembly is still trying to get broken in.

Clois Harlan