My 444 International, which I have owned since 1981, has always ran in the range of 190 - 210 degrees Fahrenheit even after replacing the water pump, having the radiator core tubes boiled and scraped, and flushing the block 5 times over a two week period with a cleaner, while also replacing the radiator cap and putting in a 175 degree thermostat (all this done in the past two years) still goes to 210 degrees just while running normal rpm without a load. The radiator fins are clean, fan blade spins with a new belt. Any suggestions?
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Paul Janke
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Is the gauge accurate? Maybe could check with one of those infrared(?) thermometers?
Tony in SD
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Maybe residual crud let loose and is blocking the thermostat action. Or maybe the thermostat is in backwards. What does it do with no thermostat?
Dieseltech
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If the distributor advance is stuck engine will run hotter too..
Used to see that happen on some MF models at the dealer I worked for.
Used to see that happen on some MF models at the dealer I worked for.
Steve@Advance
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Is it loosing coolant, boiling over, coolant condensing under the oil cap, loss of power, misfire, steam out the exhaust even when warm?
If none of these, and it's always tended to run hot, I would have to let it be, assume that's just where it wants to run.
If none of these, and it's always tended to run hot, I would have to let it be, assume that's just where it wants to run.
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