Flareside overheating
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12-07-2009, 02:12 AM
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Flareside overheating
hey i got a 95 flareside 5.8L H vin the other day i stomped on er and blew a freeze plug. i didn't kno at the time so i figured my thermostat was shot and put a new hose and thermostat in. now its leakin like hell out of the housing. i think i put the new thermostat in rite but im not sure i have it with the spring facing away from the motor rite now. anybody know wat would make a freeze plug blow out in florida? and which way the thermostats supposed to go in?
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12-07-2009, 02:17 AM
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hey i got a 95 flareside 5.8L H vin the other day i stomped on er and blew a freeze plug. i didn't kno at the time so i figured my thermostat was shot and put a new hose and thermostat in. now its leakin like hell out of the housing. i think i put the new thermostat in rite but im not sure i have it with the spring facing away from the motor rite now. anybody know wat would make a freeze plug blow out in florida? and which way the thermostats supposed to go in?
so urs is backwards