slant 6 heating up after 5 mins idling

Hi all,

I went to the car today and checked some of the stuff mentioned (all but the idle screw, forgot).

I did the meat therm thing and found out the 2 i had were giving me mixed numbers so they didnt help. Eventually, I will get the cap dusterdan talked about but i don't want to buy one now and not have it fit an alum rad when i get one.

looked at the coolant flow from the filler tube and couldnot se an obvious flow. what kind of flow should i be seeing?

Upper hose had no pressure with cap of. had pressure with cap on.(makes sense!).

temp gauge didn't get as hot today but still above normal at 3/4 - 5/6 way right.

Will try screw when i can next weekend hopefully. thank you for the help so far and i will keep everyone posted with an update.

Also, i saw something in one of the threads about drilling an 8th inch hole in the stat to help avoid air pockets..... is this advisable???


Thanks