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Well I ended up getting a Prestone back flush kit and radiator cleaning solution and flushed quite a bit of gunk out of the system. I have flushed the engine before installing but I guess over time more loosened and was clogging the coolant system. I also used a bottle of redline water wetter and I can happily say at idle I can get temps down to 80c with just one fan.

Thanks for all input!

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Well I ended up getting a Prestone back flush kit and radiator cleaning solution and flushed quite a bit of gunk out of the system. I have flushed the engine before installing but I guess over time more loosened and was clogging the coolant system. I also used a bottle of redline water wetter and I can happily say at idle I can get temps down to 80c with just one fan.

Thanks for all input!

I need to do this as well. I have/had quite a bit of rust in my system. I flushed most of it out when I drained the radiator, but I can't get to the block drain bolt. So I just kept flushing the radiator.

Are you in the USA? How much did that Prestone flush kit cost?

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can people put up there power figures also, because its alot harder to keep a high power car cool than stock power.

depends, is power relative?

my car is only ~135awkw thru an auto, so prob 150-160rwkw in a manual r33

but my old datto had 100ish rwkw from a 35yo(rebuilt) "standard" 1.8, it ran at 72deg all day every day, engine fan, no shroud, re-cored stock radiator from what i could tell, and it was bored/stroked/ported... so you would think with the higher tech stuff it could be kept cooler? just get a vipec and run cycle idle :cool:

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I hit 100 degrees the other day giving it stick and holding, it in the middle of the day (was a bloody hot day). I'm going to look into a decent PWR radiator or something along those lines soon. This was the first time it has hit anything over 92. However i don't have an exhaust manifold heat shield on there at the moment cause i havn't had a chance to get my new one made yet, so this could be contributing to under bonnet temps.

Note to self, "Townsville day heat plus giving it stick with 450BHP, bad".

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I need to do this as well. I have/had quite a bit of rust in my system. I flushed most of it out when I drained the radiator, but I can't get to the block drain bolt. So I just kept flushing the radiator.

Are you in the USA? How much did that Prestone flush kit cost?

The kit and flush solution was about $15 from pepboys.

I would suggest trying again to remove that block bolt, I've found that a lot of gunk accumulates back there and the only way to remove it is to remove the bolt & flush.

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i got pwr radiotor std clutch fan and shroud nismo thermostat 62 deg i think

rb25neo in r32 276.8 kw at the wheels and it runs too cold at 76 deg for cruse always in cold corection unless i thrash it then might get into mid 80's

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The kit and flush solution was about $15 from pepboys.

I would suggest trying again to remove that block bolt, I've found that a lot of gunk accumulates back there and the only way to remove it is to remove the bolt & flush.

One more question before I attempt this tomorrow (I just installed a FMIC and now my temps reach about 195F/90C):

When you did the flush, did you remove the block drain plug? I tried using a cordless impact wrench, and that wouldn't even work.

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Take it for a power flush and rod the radiator.

Involves disconnecting the heater pressure flushing heater and block.

If you do run an engine flush without a pressure flush grab a stocking and shove it over the top and bottom rad outlets to catch any crap.

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