Thread: Delayed overheating problem

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Originally Posted by MelloYello

I guess anything's possible but that doesn't sound likely. Do you know how long your bolts and spacer are?

I thought the spacers were longer but after looking at them they're more like 2.5 inches and .75 inch. I decided to try backing them out and adding two washers (which thankfully I bought earlier anticipating them being too long). When I pulled the bolts out they had orange paint (from the water pump) on the ends so I think they were up against the water pump. When I added washers to all the bolts and started it the fan started turning again. Can't believe I essentially locked the fan in place haha.

Took it for a spin to test the new fan position, the temperature still climbed above 210 (before going back down) but this time it didn't reach the redline, it was probably halfway between ideal and redline, so I guess that's some progress. My next step will be replacing the thermostat with a sleeve style thermostat and seeing how that works. I'll update when I get that taken care of.

Thanks for all your advice guys, you've been extremely helpful through this.