Like a bomb went off under the hood...

Not the problem, but what made you put a 160 thermostat in it? The proper heat range is a 195. A cooler thermostat will not make the engine run cooler. It will only open sooner. As it is, yours is open all the time.


Can you please explain why a 160* doesn’t allow the engine to run cooler? Seems that opening sooner would give the cooling system a head start to start dissipating the heat...Maybe I just never thought that through the whole way.

Has anyone had experience with the Flow-Cooler water pumps. At the time I bought it they were all the rage.