overheating, not as bad

[invisiongrafix]

Have brought the temp down a few degrees on my 88 Cherokee. It now idles around 210 degrees. I was able to come up the mountain today and the guage regisered just below the last white line and the engine did not boil over. Seemed to stay a couple degrees cooler if the rpm was kept above 2500. Would still like to drop the temp a couple more degrees. I notice that once it gets hot it takes a long time to cool down at all. Is this a mixture problem? I'm now at about a 50/50 coolant mix.

[Saudade]

Ah, the saga continues....

Actually it sounds pretty normal now. I also have an '88. It idles around 200-210. On a warm day, the electric fan kicks in above 210 and starts to cool it off a bit. It will run cooler at higher RPMs since you're circulating more coolant. Mine takes a while to heat up and then seems to hold the heat as well.

If you want it to run cooler, you could hook a manual switch to the electric fan so you can turn it on whenever you want. This would be the easiest and cheapest way to do it.

[invisiongrafix]

The electric fan comes on between 200 and 210 now so it's already on when it's idling at around 210.