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    Mechanical temp gauge False overheating

    so I did both bypass the heater core and wrapped the sensor with silicone and no change. temps still normal at intake. its only on warm up it spikes . idk i'm starting to want the oem hooked up and and drill and tap intake for this mechanical . but my only concern is would a oem sensor show...
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    Mechanical temp gauge False overheating

    Hooked up free flowing idk I might bypass it to test
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    Mechanical temp gauge False overheating

    Stock tbi 350 tbi heads rebuild
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    Mechanical temp gauge False overheating

    it is exposed a little more than a stocker and I have long tube headers . little more concerned about the high temp before t state opens and it goes to 195 when open but yeah heat creep probably
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    Mechanical temp gauge False overheating

    So my 94 k2500 5.7 i bought last year came with the coolant temp gauge deleted and a mechanical gauge mounted on the A pillar. After new motor installed and first startup and test it was shut down multiple times for overheating 230 240 250ish . Turned out it's not over heating it will go from...
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    94 tbi new build high idle data log nothin

    Thanks for the help everything seems fine today the iac didnt act up nice idle.
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    94 tbi new build high idle data log nothin

    I think it was the IAC even after swapping it out with two other ones I think the wiring might be playing an issue it just started up when I went to take another dats log and idled fine took it for a drive for over an hour and it still seems to be good it was around 65 counts and 40ish when...
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    94 tbi new build high idle data log nothin

    I verified this morning the coolant sensor was the same as ambient Air temperature
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    94 tbi new build high idle data log nothin

    New build truck stock 94 k2500 350 got it on the road friday after 1 year build ran ok no problems, went to move sat morning high idle 1100 . swapped iac tps and map no change other than better baro reading. so I fired up tunerpro and every thing looks good other than code 44 o2 lean/ 34 map...
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    Dip **** stick broke off in pan now what?

    It's an original 5.7 with a flat tappet and it was a junkyard motor with 160,000 miles on it I had the heads resurfaced and resealed the motor bottom end was stock fairly clean. The heads were pressure washed the oil lines are pressure washed the radiator was pressure washed thoroughly multiple...
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    Dip **** stick broke off in pan now what?

    Damage report looks to be in one piece couldn't get to it with the magnet cuz it was up on the baffle.. now next question why the f*** do I have glitter only thing I can think of is oil lines from the original motor being dirty even though I pressure washed them. And the fact that I only had it...
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    Dip **** stick broke off in pan now what?

    I didn't go to another Form This is just very depressing and this second time in 2 months I'm pulling a motor out of this Beast I spent the weekend pulling the motor again will be checking the pan during the week thanks for everyone's input convincing me to just pull it it's what I needed
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    Dip **** stick broke off in pan now what?

    Thanks for your post this is what I suspect happened I had two different dipsticks I grabbed the wrong one from two
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    Dip **** stick broke off in pan now what?

    Motor only has about a minute of runtime after resurface and new seals . it was only started twice to check starter mesh and then Prime oil system too check oil level and then I found out the dipstick wasn't all there.
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