runnin hot on my 3.4

slammed95cam
08-04-2004, 02:20 AM
when im on the freeway my car seems to run hot... thremo was replaced 6 months ago and coolant was flushed last year.. water pump is 6 months old.... any siggestions

EKO
08-04-2004, 11:17 AM
Shouldn't be a problem on the freeway, but fan switch? Dumb question, but is your coolant low? Any debris in front of the radiator? Could have gotten bad luck on the thermo... Of course mine runs hot all the time, if I stop for more than 30 secs it goes up from 180 to about 210. Only time it really stays put is when I am cruising at speed at night when it is cooler. 3.4s are notorious for overheating.

atl2001
08-04-2004, 12:02 PM
when you say its running hot, how hot???

3.4s are notorious for overheating.
since when?.. ive never heard of a single 3.4L overheating, and i know mine hasnt in the past 50K and 5 years

EKO
08-04-2004, 01:24 PM
since when?.. ive never heard of a single 3.4L overheating, and i know mine hasnt in the past 50K and 5 years

A few of my friends have them, they had problems with them overheating. Mine likes to run hot. I've read people complaining about it here and camarov6.com alot as well.

dmanc93
08-05-2004, 02:10 PM
My 3.4 used to overheat all the time as well. But now she runs nice and cool. I just bought a 160 degree thermo and also bought a manual fan switch. The new thermo keeps it really cool 99% of the time, I only have to use the manual fan switch if I've been sitting in traffic for like 20 min. So if you have an extra $100 laying around.....i would suggest going out and buying those two items, cause it sure worked for my car.

dan

camaros_4_lfe
08-05-2004, 05:40 PM
hey did you ever take off the plastic under the car?? it directs air through the radiator when mine was off my temp would go way up on the thruway even with the fan on

97SS0594
08-08-2004, 04:39 PM
mine does the same thing, but i have my air dam thing off, it was off when i bought the car, i should probably get it back on there!!