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Old 07-16-2015, 04:28 PM   #13
Blessed66
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Re: Engine gets hot at idle

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Originally Posted by burkeftm View Post
Another thing to check is ,does your truck have a heat riser (spring or vac operated flap) between the r side exhaust manifold and the exhaust pipe. I had one with the same symptoms as you described ,driving temp would be ok ,idle at traffic light mine would go above 230 if I let it idle long enough it would boil over. The flap was seized in the closed position, Bob
Oh, that's a good one! I didn't think of this. Half the reason why I'm using headers in my other thread (not trying to threadjack or promote). It can mimic the same symptom as a plugging converter you had mentioned (Dannyboy) which includes overheating due to trapped exhaust gasses.
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