Ramva,
I have only 160 miles on my brand new 2006cc motor, and the motor is heating up really fast only after a 20 min drive. I have a gene berg oil temp dipstick that is letting me know the oil is reaching 225 degrees. Idrove it once, light came on, and havent had a chance to do anything but think about it, due to my present work schedule. It ran fine up until about two weeks ago. I was driving it without a decklid and it never overheated. Since i put the decklid on, (stock, no stand offs, no louvers in the lid) the motor runs damn hot. I am missing the rear engine tin (where the fresh air paper tubes pass through) , that i plan to install (needs to modified to fit) but I am wondering if with the decklid in place and the rear tin missing, would that be a significant reason for it to overheat?
Also, I have 3.5 quart berg deep sump. I have filled the motor with oil to the stock max limit line on the dipstick. Thats alot of oil. about 5.5 quarts.I am running a berg 30 mm pump with their full flow oil filter on the bumper bracket. My cr is 6.9 and I am running pump gas (super unleaded.) I have a stock doghouse oil coooler and all of the stock tin inplace, even the shutters, no thermo. So, do you all think its the decklid with no stand offs and the tin or something else?Could there be an air lock in the cooler? Could my two pressure releif valves be stuck? (new case) Pressure does build normally at start up. I am running a 009 with weber 42 DCNF carbs. When the motor is hot, it still runs great, with lots of power.I do trust the dipstick, I think its working, because the motor was wicked hot after the 20 min drive. and I am in NORCAL and its been in the low eighties here.
I appreciate any help,
Andy in Dixon