Quote Originally Posted by Bio248 View Post
i would suspect that you did a faulty LIM job. its a pretty hard task to get it to seal properly if you dont know what youre doing.
What we did when we reinstalled everything was clean up the cylinder heads, and top of the block, getting all of the old gasket off, scraping the extra off with a razor blade. Then went over it again with some acitone, to degrease everything. we installed a new coolant elbow, with a little grease on both ends so it would slide in easier. We dropped put a dab of RTV in the corners of the cylinder heads and the block, put the lower rubber parts of the LIM gasket in, then we put the metal parts on the cylinder heads. Made sure that the rtv was securing any gaps. We attached the LIM to the coolant elbow and dropped the lim onto the gaskets. put all the bolts in, torqued them down using the torque sequence provided to 11 ft lbs I think.

And then we just continued from there... I don't know if that was right or not, but it seemed like it was. Do you think that sounds appropriate.

Quote Originally Posted by GTX View Post
can you do coolant system pressure test?

also your radiator might be clogged put your hand on it (carefully) check for cold spots
ive seen it where one half is hot and the other half is cold.

when you removed the S/C did you lose and/or replace the S/C fluid?

with the car running spray some carb cleaner around the LIM and see if you have a vacuum leak there

when you bled the system did you open that vent on t-stat housing, also did you turn on the heater on high?
A coolant system pressure test has not been done. How would I do that?

When I removed the SC, I didnt loose any fluid as far as I could tell. And no, I didnt replace it at that time either.

When I bled the system, all I did was open the t-stat bleed screw. I did not set the heater on. Will that make a huge difference? If so, I'll do it again.

Quote Originally Posted by GTX View Post
the hardest part in the install , is getting that plastic coolant elbow back on without breaking it (i always get a new one, because its cheap plastic that gets hot) i use some white grease and im golden
Yeah, that's what we did to, just added some grease and it slid right in place with no problems.

Thanks for all of your help. I really appreciate it.