Joseph Dell
Enthusiast
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joseph, you sure ya wanna get involved ? he isnt gonna listen...lol
no sh*t!
how about this: you haven't have the car for almost a year and NEVER in the current conditions with the current set-up. you have NO IDEA what "normal" for the car is now. Stryker heads? different SC pulley? different pistons maybe? all affect cooling.
heat coming on and going off? could be any number of things. from air in the cooling system (quite normal when an engine is rebuilt) to just about anything else. if the gauge is bouncing up and down, it could be air in the system. Keep in mind that the low-speed fan kicks on at 192 deg (or whatever you set it for in the AEM). if you send me your AEM program i could better diagnose...
JD
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Thanks, Joseph - you and Plumcrazy are a credit to the Viper Nation by helping fellow Viper owners.
Thanks, Joseph - I was thinking air in the system all along. That's why I asked Larry for what kind of anti-freeze he used so I can add the same kind as I burp the system.
I don't have a laptop yet to get the AEM program Larry used, but I'll send the program he used to you when I get it.
How about a uplifting post about what the car does well.
ANYTHING!!!!!!
Ken:
the odds are that you have air in the cooling system. It would probably overheat if the weather was warmer.
Kenny all these posts about what is wrong with your Viper can be very depressing.
How about a uplifting post about what the car does well.
ANYTHING!!!!!!
I just installed the new Interstate battery that writes the adaptives into the battery memory and then when you start the car it downloads the adaptives back into the PCM. It worked great and fired up and ran great the first time.
Kenny all these posts about what is wrong with your Viper can be very depressing.
How about a uplifting post about what the car does well.
ANYTHING!!!!!!
Sure, how's this - My Viper is back in my garage.
That's Major Good News to me.
OK so far you have functioning wipers. How about the radio?
Just trying to build some momentum here.
Haven't tried the radio yet, probably because the clock is set to the wrong time.
OK so far you have functioning wipers. How about the radio?
Just trying to build some momentum here.
Haven't tried the radio yet, probably because the clock is set to the wrong time.
When it runs it does feel like Larry has gotten the idle RPM right, there's no surging and bucking, and no high idle hang up. Those were the primary issues my car had when it was delivered to me July 1, 2006. Hopefully, my car will have the same drivability when the weather gets warm.
Other good things are I washed it at the car wash and the road dirt came off after only 14 minutes of washing. I got to drive it this past Monday through several cycles of warming the engine up and letting it cool down before starting it again and it seems to run a little better each time. The best news of all - I got up to 43 MPH before lack of traction on the salt covered streets caused me to slow down.
Kudos to Larry Macedo for willingly helping me with getting answers on my heat/no heat problem.
Larry has never deleted an answer nor has he called me names or used profanity.
Kudos to Larry Macedo for willingly helping me with getting answers on my heat/no heat problem.
Larry has never deleted an answer nor has he called me names or used profanity.
And you are a customer of Larry's. You've paid him. You like to remind us all that. The rest of us have to listen to you whine and cry and complain.
As I've said before, far too many people have wasted far too much time on your situation.