Help! Continued Overheating on 57! - Page 2

Pete Phillips · September 20th, 2009

You have to take the fan off, or at least unbolt it and move it back towards engine block, to get the fan shroud out. Then you can remove the radiator.
Pete Phillips, BCA #7338
Sherman,Texas
1948 Roadmaster sedan
1949 Super station wagon
1950 Roadmaster 2-dr, ht.
1959 Electra 2-dr. ht.
1962 Electra 225 4-dr. ht.
1963 Wildcat conv. 4-spd.

lancemb · September 25th, 2009

FIXED! Yes, it was the radiator! It must have just gotten too bad - they said it was 90% plugged and were able to rod it and clean it out to about 20% plugged - as good as possible without recoring. So, $125 later I put it back in (with new hoses and belts) and no overheating! In fact, it didn't even reach the centerline of the gauge.

Now in the spring I just need to redo the heater core and I'll be set...

Thanks for all of the feedback!

trp3141592 · September 26th, 2009

Hi.

Lemme guess--some prior owner used Stop-Leak???

--Tom