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Supercharger/Armor and HIGH Heat, How to cool it??

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by TACOconvert2012, Jun 21, 2016.

  1. Jun 24, 2016 at 8:41 AM
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    totmacher

    totmacher automotive hypochondriac

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    Cut & broke off stuff. Prolific ziptie and tape usage.
    Running Mobil1 synthetic.
    Color and "feel" of oil on dipstick is fine on mine. Still looks new even.
    No visible heat damage anywhere that I can find. Plastics are fine. Even though stock gage got close to red, whatever temp that was.
     
  2. Jun 24, 2016 at 8:46 AM
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    I had a 1st gen 1999 Prerunner with a trans cooler reach 240 degrees and the engine 230 while going up mountains at night in NC. It was like 50 degrees outside. Lots of load and staying in low gears with rpm up is going to agitate the heck out of your trans fluid, and eventually it starts to get so hot it heats up your radiator. It's going to get hot going up grades, especially in the heat.
     
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  3. Jun 25, 2016 at 5:36 PM
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    quoting myself from another thread...

    I finally found some coil cleaner at Home Depot that was labelled safe for automotive radiators. It's called "AC Safe". There was a HVAC repairs guy in there and I asked him about it. He said a lot of new home HVAC units have aluminum, plastic, and rubber just like car radiators so should be just fine. He did however reiterate that even though the can said rinse was optional, it's not really optional. Make sure to get it all off.

    It was impressive to see the foaming bring out mud that my previous Dawn cleaning didn't get. A bit of a pain to get the can in to spray everywhere. Had to loosen fan shroud. Pretty sure if I had another can it would get more dirt out still.
     
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  4. Aug 9, 2016 at 9:23 AM
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    I saw something on another forum that may be useful for getting between Tacoma radiators & coolers to clean them:

    rad1.jpg rad2.jpg
     
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  5. Aug 22, 2017 at 10:27 AM
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    The radiator I always hear about on this forum is from Ron Davis. A few of the performance guys have them. You can even set them up with electric fans to get back a few HP by not spinning the belt driven fan. - http://www.rondavisradiators.com/Radiators.htm

    @TACOconvert2012 FYI in case the issue comes back and you need a new rad.
     

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