944 overheating

I just got a 1983 944 Porsche. It was running fine the first day. Then it started blowing hot air only from the vents. The temperature gauge is way up and the car won't start once I shut it off. I had to strap it to a pick up to start it the other day.
I nead some serious help. Thanx in advance for your advice.

oddly enough i just had about the same problem...
the thermostat was stuck shut causing the overheating, so i replaced it with a low temp thermostat. the job looked easy, but on a 1-10 scale of frustration it was 11! to get the snapring out of the deep thermostat housing took me four days! i ended up grinding down the end of a pair of bent nose needle nose pliers so the ends would fit in the snap ring holes. but now that it is in, the needle doesn't go higher than the 1/3 notch on the eng temp gauge. after that, the car wouldn't hold a charge. i found that the thermal fan switch was stuck on, and needed to be replaced (much easier).
in fact, my low temp fanswitch just arrived today from perfrormanceproducts.com, i'm putting it in tomorrow.


-YeTi

oh, and the hot air is usually caused by a broken plastic clip that moves a flap adjusting the hot/cold mix.
the parts are like $3 at your porsche dealer.
to get to it you go through the right side of the driver's foot well.
there are 3 screws that hold on a plastic cover. take off the cover and the electric motor and broken clip shoutld be right there. its pretty self explanitory...

my 83 had the same problem last summer......

Check out the rediator, i had to get a new one... It was leaking coolant from 3 places!!!!!

If you want a good price on a radiator and the hoses (replaced them while everything else was out) check out Tweeks. they have good prices!

If it is the radiator, it's pretty expensive. With a 944, the radiator comes out the bottom of the car, and it takes much more time to get the radiator out.

you can get a heat sheat from vertex auto they also ahve better deals on high performance radiators then tweeks tweeks doesnt like 944s they are too obsessed wiht 911s and 356s they only have like 4 pages of 944/924 stuff

Is vertex good? What is there number? i noticed tweeks only had a small selection for 944's, but that was the only good provider i knew of. thanks

Give Paragon Products a call. They have a lot more than what is listed on their website and will help you diagnose you problem.

http://www.paragon-products.com/