Vacuum leaks and hi-temps

["cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxx>]

Whew...

I fixed the cam access plate on the head. That sealed the oil leak and
that one vacuum leak.

I then discovered the freq valve wasn't buzzing. That was simply a
contact in the RPM relay that was out of adjustment. A tweak with a
needlenose fixed it.

As soon as the valve had power, my idle shot sky high. Adjusting the
CO screw didn't really bring it down much. It either stalls or still
revs too high.

I took a quick second w/the carb spray and discovered that all six
injector seals leak. Could this be responsible for the crazy idle?

I now noticed the engine was pretty warm. The guage was approaching
220 so I bled the cooling system quick-like. I get periods of
fluid and periods of air. I'm not sure yet if I got all the air out.
I'm not blowing coolant anywhere. This is good.

Now I noticed the dang cooling fans didn't kick on. I have a new
otterstat but I tested the connection to make sure I had things wired
right so I think it may be bad. This is not good.

However, the temp gauge dropped way back down as soon as I bled the
cooling system. Now, I have a concern...after a while, the engine
seemed to get pretty warm again, but the guage never went anywhere
near that high again.

Can I trust this thing or not? I'm not keen about blowing the engine
up again after all I did to get it back together.

Opinions?

Rich
#5335