Cooling Issue

318MoparGuy said
Whenever I change my coolant,I always put my 73 Dart up on my metal car ramps for 2 reasons....one to aid in draining system through petcock and more importantly to elevate the car nose to get air bubbles out of the system as car is warming up with new coolant in and rad cap is off....it works for me every time. Try it and see if it solves your problem...Good Luck 318MG

My thermostat has a bleed hole in it. Wouldn't this allow any air pocket to bleed out?

fatoldguy said
Can't tell how close your fan blades are in the shroud, but some people put a spacer in between the fan blade to move it closer to the rad. But that is wrong because the blades should just be at the outside edge of the shroud. Hard to tell in your picture.

d1970 said
are your fan blades half in the shroud and half out for maxium cooling performance. This placement prevents the fan from acting like an air block and lets the heat and air escape from the radiator cavity.

Since I've taken the pictures below, I've added (4) 1/4" spacers between the fan and clutch to bring the fan back as far as possible. Now, the fan is pretty close to 50/50 in/out of the shroud. It should be close enough to work. I may just have to mount the fixed fan on and see how it cools. I'd hate to have to do that though. The shitty part is that the radiator needs to come out in order to change fans because it's so close.