hey, was wondering if someone might know whats going on or has had this problem. i bought and installed the stage 3 zzp kit with the S3 heat exhanger for my 07 supercharged ss, and i have a zzp 3" intake with a DC sports 4 to 1 header, its short like my manifold, and no cat. when im under full throttle my engine temp increases quick to 200 or so and if im just riding on the interstate it stays between 187 and 196 and i know that when my car was stock it never got above 185 while driving. does anyone know if this is normal or what needs to be done?

 

did u bleed the h/e correctly?

 

how am i suppose to bleed it? all i did was hook it all hook, fill the stock resover or whatever its called for the heat exhanger up and then cranked it let it suck that down and keep filling it up till it stayed at full level. i didnt know i was suppose to bleed it :/

 

yea. your supposed to bleed it or else you get air pockets that cause issues like the one your having. basically all you gotta do is remove the small bolt on the stock h/e and pour coolant into the fill reservoir. pay attention to the stock h/e where you removed the bolt from.. it should bubble out the air pockets that have collected in your system. keep adding coolant until all you see coming from the hole is a stream of coolant. once you see that, plug the hole with the bolt and your good to go. make sure your doing this with the car running so the ic pump is doing its job and pumping the coolant though the system.

 

i just kept the cap off the filler neck and drove around for awhile it seemed to work. still fluctuates in the filler neck but temps seem normal

 

Turn on your air conditioner and it will make your rad fan kick on.

 

your h/e has nothing to do with your coolant temp at all. i would see if your thermostat is starting to get stuck closed. when i was zzp reflashed i only seen 199 while idling for a LONG time, cruise i was and still am at 183 in the summer and 180-178 in winter.

 

I agree with 06 ss all day. I removed and let all my old coolant drain out before i ever installed the zzp s3 h/e. I then bled it filled it up while the key was turned over and was good to go.

when crusing i dont see anything over 185 even a wot pull on a hot day i dont get over 185. highest ive seen on my car at idle is 192 and then it drops 2 degress every 30seconds then sits steady right at 182.

I hope u work everything out. What these guys said is all true. Do what they suggested i did it that way and it all worked out great hope it all works out for u

 

**** at WOT the temp goes down if im doing a 3rd and 4th gear pull haha. <3 my Lisa

 

either you all arent very bright or you dont comprehend what you are reading at all

 

Hey MR if u dont have a answer or any input to say about his question then kept ur ignorant attitude off this topic

 

i did give input and a answer to his question which was not to listen to retards who cant read and comprehend

 

how has any of our inputs not helped him at all?! he clearly didnt fill his h/e properly and if i hadnt asked about it he could be running into more problems down the line. why must people on forums feel the need to be dicks all the time!? it makes no sense!

 

i agree 100% I now know why lots of people are scared to ask a simple question on this site. Its the ******** that ruin it for the rest of us

 

because he wasent talking about his h.e. system go reread and you ll discover he was refering to his engine coolant temp

 

most people bring it on theirselves because they dont take the time to read and understand then post an answer to the question thay is completly out in left field so how was him not bleeding his h.e. going to cause his engine temp to rise

 

I agree you have a point some people do that. No one hear was giving a dumb answer we were going off of what we did when we installed our systems. Maybe he hooked the hoses up wrong or he could leak coolant or it could be faulty h/e u never know. We were trying to help the kid. Not tart a flame war

 

ok he can hook the h.e. hoses up any way he wants and it still wont cause the engine temp to rise the intercooling system is its own separate system from the engine think about it and the only sensible answer will come to you