Procharged 2014 overheating issue HELP NEEDED

[Procharged 5.0]

Where are those promised pics?

Here are some pictures of the engine bay. Please excuse the filthy engine lol. The yellow and blue wires go to the autometer coolant temp gauge that I installed for testing purposes.

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[SolarFlare]

any coolant coming out of the overflow tank? Have you replaced the cap? Maybe it isnt holding system pressure.

 

[Procharged 5.0]

any coolant coming out of the overflow tank? Have you replaced the cap? Maybe it isnt holding system pressure.

I have replaced the cap twice. And the only time it overflowed was when I had straight water in there and it got over boiling point.

 

[Soulja4187]

What tune is on the car? Have you checked the spark plugs? For all you know you are running lean

 

[Procharged 5.0]

What tune is on the car? Have you checked the spark plugs? For all you know you are running lean

Plugs have been checked. They looked good.

Car was tuned by a shop in town before i bought it. But the shop in no longer in business.

If the afr gauge on the dash/screen in accurate then it's definitely not lean. Out of boost it's around 14.5 in boost it's 11.5

 

[Soulja4187]

Plugs have been checked. They looked good.

Car was tuned by a shop in town before i bought it. But the shop in no longer in business.

If the afr gauge on the dash/screen in accurate then it's definitely not lean. Out of boost it's around 14.5 in boost it's 11.5

As a last option you should get the tune checked

 

[Procharged 5.0]

Well I have been driving the car for the last week since it's cooled off in vegas. I can say with 100% certainly that the weather has a huge impact on how hot the car will get. Yesterday was 88 degrees on my way home and the car only got to 215 cylinder head temp.


I have no idea what that means. And I will be having the tune looked at next

 

[Basspro302]

Have you tried cracking the radiator cap when its hot to see if it’s building pressure? Obviously don’t rip the cap off and burn your self.

Ive had cheap radiators have this problem where the cap would not seal. This being a surge tank you wouldn’t see any coolant leaking from the cap, just a loss of pressure.

If you pressure test it may not show up if the pressure tester cap has a thicker seal etc.

 

[CJJon]

It still isn't right. The ambient temp is not the cause, but a symptom. No way it;s normal.

There are a ton of mustangs in vegas.

 

[Procharged 5.0]

Have you tried cracking the radiator cap when its hot to see if it’s building pressure? Obviously don’t rip the cap off and burn your self.

Ive had cheap radiators have this problem where the cap would not seal. This being a surge tank you wouldn’t see any coolant leaking from the cap, just a loss of pressure.

If you pressure test it may not show up if the pressure tester cap has a thicker seal etc.

I have tried this and the cap is definitely holding pressure.

 

[Procharged 5.0]

It still isn't right. The ambient temp is not the cause, but a symptom. No way it;s normal.

There are a ton of mustangs in vegas.

I 100% agree there is still an issue. But I have yet to figure it out. And I find it very strange that the ambient temperature has this big of an affect on the car.

 

[Basspro302]

Is that hose pinched from the radiator to degas tank? It looks like its pinched between the blower bracket.

I just looked at my old engine pics and i had the on the opposite barbs on the tank. It shouldn’t matter as long as its not pinched

 

[Basspro302]

that was how i routed the hoses

 

[Procharged 5.0]

Is that hose pinched from the radiator to degas tank? It looks like its pinched between the blower bracket.

I just looked at my old engine pics and i had the on the opposite barbs on the tank. It shouldn’t matter as long as its not pinched

It's not pinched. It fits on the side of the bracket. It does look pinched in the pictures but i went and checked just to make sure.

 

[sigintel]

move air intake?
pullling air from above exhaust headers in stop n go driving is not going to work.
Insulate the exhaust headers like 2x if you have to run it like that?

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