ChevyBoi95

Hey everyone I just recently bought a 95 camaro z28 with an overheating problem well after taking a look at it I realized that one of the dual-fans wasn't kicking on so I just went and bout a fan motor so after doing that it doesn't overheat as bad but last weekend I went cruisin and was drivin on the freeway and gasing it for awhile and it started overheating to 260 again

So basically idk were to go from here I replaced the thermostat and the radiator is still in good shape any ideas would be apreciated!!!

moparman

Is the front air dam on the car?

'94 Bad A Z28

You replaced the thermostat? Did you get a LT1 thermostat or just a SBC thermostat? After replacing the thermostat did you properly bleed the system?

ChevyBoi95

Well I bought the thermostat from autozone its the 180 one and yes me and my friend properly purged the system

'94 Bad A Z28

So you bought a standard SBC thermostat, that is your problem right there. Return that thing and order the proper thermostat. You probably payed about $6-8, LT1 thermostats are ~$20.

ChevyBoi95

O ok do u know where I can order it at?

'94 Bad A Z28

If you have a local performance shop, they will most likely have a couple in stock. But you can order one from places like Summit, or Jegs, or look through some of our vendors here.

moparman

Autozone does stock the LT1 'stat, at least my local one does.

Did the one you buy look like the one that came out?

'94 Bad A Z28

News to me, I have never seen a LT1 thermostat IN STOCK at an AutoZone or Discount Auto, maybe a Car Quest, but never seen it in the others.

ChevyBoi95

Yeah the one I bought did look just like the one that came out and I did pay more then like 10 bucks I bought the one that they told me was for a LT1 motor

'94 Bad A Z28

SBC Thermostat





LT1 Thermostat

'94 Bad A Z28

If it looked just like the one that came out, then it's the correct one. Hrm.. I guess I haven't tried to buy a LT1 thermostat from AutoZone in a long time, lol.

ChevyBoi95

Haha yeah because mines looks like the one that u posted for the Lt1 thermostat and I found the receipt and I paid like 23 bucks for it so hmmmm idk what the problem is I mean I have a buddy who also has the same generation as my camaro and he said that its just how camaros are they just overheat but then again he is a mustang guy! Lol

'94 Bad A Z28

So you are saying that your car gets in to the red WHILE driving? Or is it only after driving say on the interstate then you get back in to stop and go traffic?

ChevyBoi95

Yeah it got in the red while driving like I was on and off the interstate throughout the day and it stayed right by the red so I had to constantly make stops to let it cool down kinda embarassin because I was cruisin with some car clubs lol