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Originally Posted by stevejohnson48
I got the same problem in a astro though its I believe its because of a faulty thermostat ??/ Simply no water is suppose to leave the block until its at the temperature that the thermostat is set at all water is suppose to exit through the thermostat  and until that water in the block reaches  what ever your thermostat is 160, 180 what ever the water in the block should stay there ??/unless say you had a clockwise turning water pump  in a reverse clockwise block pulley configuration |
You bring up a few good points that I'll have to double check on. It is entirely possible that I got a 160 stat instead of 180, I have seen stranger mix ups when buying parts. Also I didn't even thing about the water pump, I'm fairly certain that I installed the belt correctly but I'll look again, I'm not perfect by any means. And just to make sure, which is inlet and which is outlet on the radiator? I know which way it is flowing through the rad so that would tell me if the pump is being driven backwards.